Ghilaf-e-Kaba being replaced today

Ghilaf-e-Kaba, made at a cost of 17 million Riyals, is being replaced today. The new Ghilaf of the Khana-e-Kaba measures 14 meter long having a circumference of 47 meter on which Surah-e-Ikhlas and 6 Quranic Aayats have been written separately in square-shapes in Islamic calligraphy. The ceremony of replacing Ghilaf-e-Kaba would be held today in Khana-e-Kaba, which would be attended by the management of Haram Sharif representing Sheikh Abdul Aziz and the representatives of the factory, which made the Ghilaf-e-Kaba. Lacs of pilgrims coming from all across the world are performing the topmost ritual Waquf-e-Arafat today.

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