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Only around one thousand Muslims are performing Hajj in Saudi Arabia today as part of downsized pilgrimage due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thirty per cent of them are Saudi citizens while the remaining seventy per cent are foreign nationals residing in the kingdom.

Marking the beginning of five-day pilgrimage yesterday, Haj pilgrims spent the night at Mina.They are now converging at plains of Arafat for the main ritual of Haj -reciting prayers.

The pilgrims will listen to the Khutba-e-Haj or Hajj Sermon at Nimra mosque and offer midday and afternoon prayers together before leaving for Muzdalifah in the evening.The pilgrims will return to Mina tomorrow morning for ritual of animal sacrifice and symbolic stoning of the devil.

Around 2.5 million pilgrims including record two lakh from India performed Hajj last year.

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