Istimak tongi

Photo kepulangan jemaah usai istimak

                                           
       
Medan istimak dilihat dari atas sebsrang sungai.

  
                    























             Jemaah diberangkatkan melalui sungai dan laut.

Ijtema site in the background



Makeshift toilets

Floating bridge

View from west

Entry from west



Incoming devotees with 'hogla' mats (pic: 31 Jan 2007)





Necessary utilities

Homebound devotees of 2004 Ijtema

pic of Ijtema 2005

 

YOUR PICTURE GALLERY IS NOW LOADING... It is one of the largest gathering of Muslims in the world. An estimated two million people have travelled to the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, for three days of worship. From dawn, huge columns of devotees began streaming towards the gathering site on the banks of the river Turag in Tongi for the World Muslim Congregation. Travellers coming to the festival through dense fog from far-flung villages endured overcrowded ferries, buses and trains in addition to the inevitable security checks. But those who made the effort were not disappointed. They were met with a sea of colour, a cacophony of noise and a over-riding sense of religious goodwill and harmony. The gathering - at which Muslims pray and listen to religious scholars - was first held in the 1960s and was launched to encourage people to follow Islam in their daily lives.

Muslim pilgrims arrive at Tongi near the Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday for the start of the three-day annual Biswa Ijtema, the world's second largest Muslim gathering after the Haj in Saudi Arabia. The Biswa Itjema is being attended by millions of pilgrims from Bangladesh and more than 35 countries. — Reuters
  

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