Mecca (SPA)
The General Authority for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has begun removing the covering of the Kaaba in preparation for the current Hajj season of 1445 AH, in keeping with the annual custom.
The authority explained that the raised part is covered with a white cotton cloth, 2.5 meters wide and 54 meters long, on the four sides of the Kaaba.
She stated that the work began by removing the bottom of the cladding from all sides, separating the corners of the cladding, untying the bottom rope and removing it from the cladding’s fixing rings, wrapping the cladding to a height of 3 meters, paralleling it at one height and installing it.
She added, “The work included dismantling 3 of the lamps, then installing the white cloth on all sides, separately, and installing the lamps on the white cloth until the final stage, which is wrapping the lower part of the curtain at the door of the Holy Kaaba.”
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