Dawoodi Bohra event begins in Chennai; its spiritual head arrives in city

CHENNAI: Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, the 53rd leader of the global Dawoodi Bohra community, arrived in Chennai from Mumbai on Monday to lead this year’s Ashara Mubaraka congregations.

He was received by govt officials and community leaders at Perambur railway station.The annual Moharram event, hosted at the invitation of Chennai’s Dawoodi Bohra community, will see over 43,000 Bohras from India and abroad attend spiritual sermons centred on values of justice, truth, and humanity.Tamil Nadu HR&CE minister P K Sekar Babu and Central Chennai MP Dayanidhi Maran extended special invitations to Syedna Saifuddin for the occasion.

Community committees are working with civic agencies to ensure smooth arrangements across ten centres, including the main venue at Moore Street. The last Ashara in Chennai was in 1975, under Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin.