Every day of the festival in India is “Answer a question & win a free pilgrimage to the holy shrines of Kerbala Province or one of 79 blessed prizes”

Within the activities of the Commander of the Faithful {Imam Ali (p.b.u.h)} First Annual Cultural Festival in Lucknow City – India, El-Abbas holy shrine in cooperation with its Department of Intellectual and Cultural Affairs held an ideological competition about Imam Ali (peace be upon him).

Mr. Jessam Mohammed El-S’eadi, a member of the preparatory committee said, “The focus of the competition is to create a great spirit or being informed about the ideology of Islam especially in India. Also, to promulgate the traits of Imam Ali (peace be upon him). It is about giving a question to a person, and if he answers it he would get a free pilgrimage to the holy shrines in Kerbala Province – Iraq, including flight ticket, food and accommodation. Also, there are 79 prized, from the second prize up to the fifteenth are blessed prizes from the El-Abbas holy shrines including

1. A silver ring with an alabaster stone.
2. A piece of cloth from the El-Abbas (peace be upon him) holy shrine.
3. An amount of the pure soil of the ground surrounding the Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) holy grave.
4. A ring stone of the old alabaster from the Imam Hussein holy shrine.

From the sixteenth up to the thirtieth include:

1. A piece of cloth of the El-Abbas (peace be upon him) holy windowed tomb enclosure.
2. An amount of the pure soil of the ground surrounding the Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) holy grave.
3. A silver ring with an old alabaster stone from the El-Abbas holy shrine.

From the thirty first up to the seventy ninth include:

1. A piece of cloth of the El-Abbas (peace be upon him) holy windowed tomb enclosure.
2. A silver ring with an old alabaster stone from the El-Abbas holy shrine.”

It’s been mentioned that the visitors and competitors highly praised the El-Abbas holy shrine for their great efforts.