Haj 2024 begins, Over 1.5 Million pilgrims head to Mina

More than 1.5 million white-clad pilgrims from across the world begin to head towards the tent city of Mina, Saudi Arabia, to spend the day of Tarwiyah as the annual Haj pilgrimage 1445 AH-2024 commences on Friday, June 14.

Amid the sweltering heat of 43 degrees



Celsius, pilgrims made their way on foot and by bus to Mina, about five kilometres from the Grand Mosque in Makkah.

Taking to X on Friday, the Indian Haj mission wrote, “#Hajj2024 begins….!!!! First glimpses of boarding of Indian pilgrims from Azizia to Mina underway.”