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| Tens of thousands of Muslims throng the grounds of Bishwa Ijtema at Tongi, Gazipur district, near Dhaka, to join Friday prayers on Jan. 17. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News) |
Muhammad Alimuddin and his friends
took a 12-hour bus journey and traveled more than 400 kilometers from Tetulia
in Panchagarh district to Tongi in Gazipur district.
They braved the chilly winter weather with one purpose — to join tens of thousands of fellow devotees at Bishwa Ijtema (World Gathering) on the banks of the River Turag, about 22km from Dhaka.
This annual congregation is the second largest Islamic gathering in the world after the hajj in Mecca.
They braved the chilly winter weather with one purpose — to join tens of thousands of fellow devotees at Bishwa Ijtema (World Gathering) on the banks of the River Turag, about 22km from Dhaka.
This annual congregation is the second largest Islamic gathering in the world after the hajj in Mecca.
