Mangaluru: The first batch of 146 Haj pilgrims from Karnataka left for Madina and Mecca from Mangaluru International Airport on Saturday.
They were among 432 pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru districts who are scheduled to leave for the pilgrimage from the airport in three days from Saturday. They will go in three chartered flights.
This is for the first time the pilgrims are going on the pilgrimage without subsidy from the Union government.
As many as 1.73 lakh persons will undertake pilgrimage from India this year of which 6,624 are going through the Karnataka State Haj Committee.
22/07/18 The Hindu
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They were among 432 pilgrims from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Hassan and Chikkamagaluru districts who are scheduled to leave for the pilgrimage from the airport in three days from Saturday. They will go in three chartered flights.
This is for the first time the pilgrims are going on the pilgrimage without subsidy from the Union government.
As many as 1.73 lakh persons will undertake pilgrimage from India this year of which 6,624 are going through the Karnataka State Haj Committee.
22/07/18 The Hindu
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