Hajj 2024: Over 1,000 Pilgrims Die from Heat, Including 70 Indians

20 Jun 2024

Death toll from this year’s Hajj pilgrimage surpassed 1,000 on Thursday, with more than half of the deceased being unregistered worshippers who undertook the journey in extreme heat. The death count, which totalled 1,081 people included 658 Egyptians, out of whom 630 were unregistered, as reported by News18. Notably, the...

600 Deaths During Hajj In Saudi Arabia, Including 68 Indian Pilgrims

20 Jun 2024

The Hajj pilgrimage of 2024 has been marred by tragedy as more than 600 pilgrims, including 68 Indians, lost their lives, largely due to searing heat and intense weather conditions. The deaths occurred during rituals in and around Mecca, with some attributed to natural causes and old age exacerbated by...

Kerala’s First Hajj Flight Departs From Kochi International Airport

26 May 2024

On Sunday, 278 pilgrims from the Nedumbassery Hajj Camp under the State Hajj Committee departed for Jeddah from Kochi International Airport to perform Hajj. The Hajj cell officer noted that 279 people were scheduled to go, but one journey was canceled. The group included 150 men and 128 women traveling...

No limit on the number of pilgrims for this year’s Hajj, announces Saudi Arabia

10 Jan 2023

The three-year long restrictions on Hajj travel to curb the covid-19 pandemic finally come to an end. On Monday Saudi Arabia announced that there will be no limit on the number of pilgrims for this year’s Hajj. "The number of pilgrims will return to what it was before the pandemic,...

Saudi Arabia removes restrictions on numbers of Hajj pilgrims and age limit.

10 Jan 2023

On Monday, Saudi Arabia announced that there will be no limits on the number of Pilgrims and age limit for this year’s Hajj said the country’s minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq Al-Rabiah. In 2019, about 2.5 million people took part in the pilgrimage. However, the number of pilgrims was...

Female pilgrims can do Hajj without male guardians

13 Oct 2022

Male pilgrims don't need to accompany female pilgrims to do Hajj in Saudi Arabia. A male guardian or a "mahram" was necessary to accompany the female pilgrims if they wanted to do Hajj. The Hajj and Umrah Services Adviser Ahmed Saleh Halabi was quoted saying, "It is now acceptable for...