Ashura rituals begin in Machilipatnam

Muslim devotees in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh, performed mourning rituals on 26 June 2026 to mark Ashura, the 10th and most solemn day of the Islamic month of Muharram. (Photo: NationPress)

Devotees in Machilipatnam performed the Matam — the traditional chest-beating ritual — on Ashura, 26 June 2026, as part of the Muharram mourning observance in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. (Photo: NationPress)

Muslim mourners in Machilipatnam gathered to perform the chest-beating Matam ritual on Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, on 26 June 2026 — a tradition commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Husain. (Photo: NationPress)

Muslim devotees in Machilipatnam, Krishna District, were seen performing self-flagellation on Ashura — 26 June 2026 — as part of the solemn Muharram mourning period in Andhra Pradesh. (Photo: NationPress)

Scenes of solemn mourning marked Ashura in Machilipatnam on 26 June 2026, as Muslim communities across Andhra Pradesh's Krishna District concluded the Muharram observance with traditional rituals. (Photo: NationPress)