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Hajj 2024 Qurrah Date: Haj Committee of India update

The Hajj Qurrah or draw of lots and qurandazi is held when number of applications received by the Haj Committee is more than its allotted quota of Haj pilgrims. Read More

Thursday January 18, 2024 12:18 PM , ummid.com Staff Reporter

Hajj 2024: The last date of receiving applications for Hajj 2024 has ended and preparations are now on to conduct the Qurrah, also called as Qurandazi or draw of lots, to finalize the list of pilgrims who will perform the annual ritual through the Haj Committee of India.

Hajj 2024 Quota

The Hajj Qurrah or draw of lots and qurandazi is held when number of applications received by the Haj Committee is more than its allotted quota of Haj pilgrims.

Saudi Arabia allots a fixed quota to countries based on the population of Muslims in that country. As per the Bilateral Haj Agreement 2024 signed between India and Saudi Arabia, a total of 1,75,025 pilgrims from India will perform Hajj this year. Of them, 1,40,020 will visit Makkah through the Haj Committee of India. The remaining will perform Hajj through Private Tour Operators.

The Haj Committee of India had started receiving through its website hajcommittee.gov.in from December 04, 2023 Hajj Application Form (HAF) of the pilgrims who wished to embark on Hajj 2024 (Haj 1445 AH).

The last date of application was originally fixed as December 20, 2023. It was however extended till January 15, 2024, and then till 12:00 pm on January 16, 2024 in the las minute because of technical glitches in the computer server.

Hajj 2024 Qurrah Date

The Haj Committee of India has not disclosed yet how many applications it has received till January 16, 2024. It will however conduct the qurrah and draw of lots in case the applications received are more than the allotted quota.

Pilgrims should note that last year the Hajj Qurrah was held centrally with the help of computers at the Ministry of Minority Affairs office in New Delhi using the process called as “Random Digital Selection for Haj Pilgrims”.

When and where qurrah will be held for this year’s Hajj is not yet clear. But, the Haj Committee of India in its Hajj 2024 Action Plan has said the qurrah will be held by respective State Haj Committees coordinated by the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) and Central Haj Committee will coordinate.

About the date and time of Hajj Qurrah, the Haj Committee of India in Hajj 2024 Action Plan said it should be held in “the third week of January 2024”, without specifying the exact schedule.

Hajj 2024 Flight Schedule

The Haj Committee of India said there will be a total 25 Hajj Embarkations Points namely: Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Srinagar, Ranchi, Gaya, Guwahati, Indore, Bhopal, Mangalore, Goa, Aurangabad, Varanasi, Jaipur, Nagpur, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Kannur, Vijayawada, Agartala and Calicut.

According to Hajj 2024 Action Plan, the first Hajj flight from India will be on May 05, 2024. The Last Hajj departure flight will be on June 10, 2024. Core Hajj duration will be from June 14 to 19, 2024.

First return Hajj flight from Saudi Arabia to India will be on June 20, 2024 and the last inbound and return flight will be on July 21, 2024.

Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh State Haj Committee in a release said it has received a total of 9,080 applications till the last date.

According to the Maharashtra State Haj Committee sources, it has received more than 25,000 applications, including over 1,700 applications from Nashik district, till the last date.

 

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