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First group of pilgrims departs for Hajj
The first group of 325 pilgrims departed from Katunayake airport for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last night to mark the beginning of the 2026
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People
- Hajj3
- Sri Lanka Khalid bin Hamoud Al-Kahtani
- Sri Lanka Khalid Hamoud Al-Kahtani
- Khalid bin Hamoud Alkahtani
- Sri Lankan Hajj
- Rizvi Salley
- Rizvie Salih
- Rizwi Salley
Organisations
- Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs
- First Hajj Pilgrims
- Hajj Committee
- Islam
Places
- Saudi Arabia2
- Sri Lanka2
- Bandaranaike International Airport
- Sri Lanka Hajj Committee.3,500
- Katunayake
- Jeddah
- Mecca
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- departed3
- departs2
- group2
- pilgrimage
- beginning
- perform
- island
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