Elephant for Bibi Ka Alam Muharram procession arranged

Organisers of the historic Bibi ka Alam shrine have finally managed to arrange an elephant to lead the Yaum-e-Ashura (10th Muharram day) procession to be taken out on Sunday.

The organisers had identified an elephant, Lakshmi, belonging to Sri Sri Sri Jagad Guru Chenna Basava Rajendra Maha Samigal at Sri Karibasava Swamy



Mutt at Horapete in Tumkur, Karnataka. The elephant is expected to reach the city later at night on July 4, Friday.

The Bibi ka Alam is taken out from Bibi ka Alawa at Dabeerpura, on Ashura, on a caparisoned elephant. The practice of carrying the Alam on an elephant is a 17th century Golconda-era tradition and continues yearly.