Display of the Moi-e-Muqaddas at Hazratbal

The most venerated Muslim shrine in Kashmir, and the display is the occasion on which the relic that gives it that standing is actually visible.

The shrine holds a relic revered as a hair of the Prophet Muhammad. On set occasions it is displayed to the congregation, and tens of thousands come to see it.

The relic is brought out and shown from the shrine, with the crowd gathered on the grounds and along the lake shore. The display is accompanied by prayers, and the day carries the weight of a major congregational occasion rather than a fair.

The relic is displayed from the shrine to the assembled congregation; prayers accompany the showing.

The relic is held to be a hair of the Prophet Muhammad, and its display is treated as a moment of exceptional blessing.

Hazratbal — literally the place of the hair — takes its name and its standing from the relic. The white marble shrine on the lake shore is the only domed mosque in Srinagar, most of the valley's mosques being built in the wooden tiered style.