The two-day annual urs of great saint Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) has begun at his shrine with placing of gilaf (cover) on the grave of the saint in the early hours on Monday morning in Sylhet.
Devotees in thousands from different areas of the country were present at that hour to join the religious event.
The other programmes include Qurankhwani, fateha khwani, discussion, milad mahfil etc.
The 695th annual urs will end through Ankheri munajat (concluding prayers) and through distribution of alms after the Faz'r prayers on Tuesday.
Rahmat Ullah, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said: “To strengthened the security in and around the shrine and other points in the city, necessary measures have been taken through placing 18 CC cameras and the deployment of additional police forces.”
