The second flight for Haj 2015 carrying 266 pilgrims took off from the Raja Bhoj International Airport of the State Capital on Monday. Earlier, the first flight from the Capital carrying same number of pilgrims took off on Sunday.
All the pilgrims departed for the airport from the transit point Taj ul Masajid three hours before the flight time prior to that the relatives, friends and well-wishers of the pilgrims congratulated them for moving on the sacred journey.
Signs of happiness were visible on the faces of the pilgrims as they drove their way through the city streets to the airport amid chants of labbaik Allahumma labbaik. labbaik, la Shareek laka, labbaik. Innal Hamdah, Wan Nematah, laka wal Mulk, la Shareek laka labbaik, (Here I am at thy service O lord, here I am. Here I am at thy service and thou hast no partners. Thine alone is all praise and all bounty, and thine alone is the sovereignty. Thou hast no partners, here I am).
The transit point campus was densely filled with the friends, relatives and social workers. Maulana Peer Saeed Miyan, Bhopal Shahar Qazi Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadwi, Mayor Alok Sharma and Madhya Pradesh Haj Committee Chairman Haji Inayat Hussain flagged off the buses carrying pilgrims from the transit point to airport.
Employees of the Haj committee, social workers and volunteers helping the committee for proper management were busy in helping the pilgrims right from meeting their family members to tightening their luggage.
The Haj Committee of India has provided a SIM card of Saudi Arabia to all the pilgrims so that they could remain in contact all the time. This year 1350 pilgrims are embarking on the pilgrimage from the State Capital. The Haj flights started from the city on Sunday would come to an end on September 10 when the last flight takes off.