A Kashmiri pilgrim gets ready to depart for the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Srinagar on Saturday, 09 October 2010. The first batch of 253 Kashmiri Hajj pilgrims set off on Saturday for the annual pilgrimage to the holiest place for Muslims in Mecca. A total of 6700 pilgrims from the troubled Kashmir region are expected to perform this year"s ritual.
Photographer: Bhaskar Mallick
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