Arbaeen-1436 (December2014): » 17.5 million: Arbaeen holds the record of ‘largest peaceful annual gathering’ on earth. 17.5 million people made the Arbaeen pilgrimage to Karbala this year, According to the defence minister. Among them 4.5 million foreigners, Including at least 1.5 million Iranians. » 40,000: Security forces deployed across the city for the occasion, according to Karbala operations command. » 8 Pilgrims lost their lives: One by mortar fire west of the city, four in incidents related to crowd management at the Iranian border and three in a bomb blast targeting pilgrims in Baghdad. » 700: The total number of hotels in Karbala — all fully booked, According to the governor. » 12: Average number of days it takes pilgrims to walk from the southern city of Basra to Karbala. » 7,000: Number of “mawakeb” — spots in Karbala where volunteers have set up tents serving food and beverages to the pilgrims. » 10,000: Number of volunteer cleaners sent by the Tehran municipality to handle the waste generated by the pilgrims. It also sent 60 rubbish trucks to Karbala. » 32,000: Number of meals served in a day about 50 metres (yards) from the shrine at one Iranian “mawkab” (singular form of mawakeb). » 90,000: Number of pieces of flatbread produced in eight hours at this mawkab by a special machine, whose owner — Ali Sabri from the Iranian city of Tabriz — has vowed to donate to Karbala. » 30km : Millions offered prayer in congregation - Record breaking longest congregational prayer ever upto 30km. » Infinite number of Volunteers for a single event serving the pilgrims which includes little kids. #Hussain(as) #YaHussain(as).
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:09:58 +0000