The first batch of this year’s Haj pilgrims left the Haj house on Sunday for the Srinagar international airport to board the special flight for Saudi Arabia.
This year, over 3600 pilgrims will leave Jammu and Kashmir to perform the holiest Muslim pilgrimage of Haj.
The first batch of 178 pilgrims, comprising 96 men and 82 women, reached the Haj House in the Bemina area of Srinagar city in the morning.