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Muharram Festival and Tazia Procession

A Muslim holiday commemorating the martyr Hazrat Imam Husain, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. It takes place on the 10th day of the Muslim new year, when tazias, or shrines to the dead, are taken in a procession and immersed in Lake Pichola in Udaipur.