Muharram 2018: Here is how Shia Muslims in India marked Ashura

Bhopal: Muslim devotees flagellate themselves as they mourn during a Muharram procession, in Bhopal, Friday, September 21, 2018. 

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A young Indian Shia Muslim flagellates himself during the religious procession on the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram, which marks the day of the Ashura, in New Delhi on September 21, 2018. 

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Muslim women participate on the 10th day of Muharram procession, in Chennai, Friday, Sept 21, 2018. 

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Shia Muslim man flagellates himself during a Muharram procession to mark Ashura, in Mumbai, India, September 21, 2018.  

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An Indian Shia Muslim flagellates himself during the religious procession on the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram, which marks the day of Ashura, in Chennai on September 21, 2018. The religious commemoration of Ashura, which includes a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, commemorates the seventh-century slaying of Prophet Mohammed''s grandson Imam Hussein in Karbala. 

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A young Sh Muslim girl lights candles to mark Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram in the early hours of September 21, 2018, near Masjid-e-Askari in Bangalore. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad''s grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. 

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Sharia Muslim men mourners cry during Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram in the early hours of September 21, 2018, near Masjid-e-Askari in Bangalore. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad''s grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. 

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Sharia Muslims watch as a man (R) walks on charcoal embers during a ritual held to mark Ashura, the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram in the early hours of September 21, 2018, near Masjid-e-Askari in Bangalore. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad''s grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. 

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Indian Sharia Muslim mourners perform a ritual of self-flagellation during a religious procession held on the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram that marks the day of Ashura in Hyderabad on September 21, 2018. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad''s grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. 

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An Indian Shiite Muslim man carries his child after his forehead was cut during a religious procession held on the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram that marks the day of Ashura in Hyderabad on September 21, 2018. - Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad''s grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. 

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