First flight from Jammu & Kashmir for Haj 2019 on July 04

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First flight from Jammu & Kashmir for Haj 2019 on July 04

The Haj pilgrims from Jammu Kashmir will embark on their Haj pilgrimage from Shaikh-ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar

Wednesday July 3, 2019 8:02 PM, ummid.com News Network

Haj 2019 Flight Schedule Jammu & Kashmir: The Haj Committee of India on Monday released the flight schedule of Hajj pilgrims who will be performing Hajj in 2019 from Jammu and Kashmir. The Haj pilgrims from Jammu Kashmir will embark on their Haj pilgrimage from Shaikh-ul-Alam International Airport in Srinagar.

According to the Hajj Flight Schedule 2019 released by the Haj Committee of India, the first Haj flight carrying the pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir will take off from Srinagar International Airport on Thursday July 04, 2019.

The last Haj flight from Srinagar International airport will be on July 29, 2019.

The first return flight for the Jammu And Kashmir Haj Pilgrims will be August 17, 2019 from Saudi Arabia to Srinagar. The last return flight from Saudi Arabia to Srinagar will be on September 11, 2019.

Haj pilgrims should note that the Haj Committee of India has released the district-wise flight schedule. Pilgrims should also note that from this year the Haj Committee of India has started online booking and reporting confirmation.

Pilgrims going to Saudi Arabia for Haj this year can check their flight schedule by entering cover no on the Hajj Committee of India website. Pilgrims will also receive SMS from Haj Committee of India.

Haj Embarkation Points

Pilgrims from India will travel to Makkah for Hajj 2019 from 22 Embarkation Points in 21 cities.

The Haj Committee of India has divided the 22 Haj Embarkation Points in 02 Laps. While the first Lap consists of 10 Embarkation Points, the second Lap consists of 12 Embarkation Points.

The 10 Haj Embarkation Points in the First Lap are: Bangalore, Calicut, Cochin, Delhi, Gaya, Goa, Guwahati, Mangalore, Mumbai and Srinagar.

The 12 Haj Embarkation Points in the Second Lap are: Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Chennai Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Ranchi and Varanasi.

A total of 200,000 pilgrims will embark for Haj 2019 from India this year. India earlier had a quota of 175,000 pilgrims. Its quota was increased by 25000 during Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman's visit to India in February this year.

Jammu and Kashmir has been allotted a quota of 9,773 pilgrims as the population of Muslims in the state according to the Haj Committee of India stands at 85,67,485 or 4.97%. However, with additional seats given to the state, more than 10,000 pilgrims from Kashmir will perform Haj this year.

Coinciding with Eid al Adha, Haj is the annual ritual to commemorate the sacrifices made by Prophet Ibrahim, his wife Hager and their son Prophet Ismael. The likely date of Wuqoof e Arafat - the key ritual of the Hajj, is August 09 or 10. As the Islamic calendar is based on sighting of moon, the final date will be decided once the new moon of the month of Dhul Hijjah is sighted.

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