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Ghilaf-e-Kaaba changing ceremony held at Masjid al-Haram
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- The annual ceremony to change the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba (Kiswah) held at the Grand Mosque of Makkah (Masjid-Al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia.
- The new Ghilaf has been prepared at a cost of seven million Saudi Riyal.
- The term Kiswah in Arabic means clothing made for covering the body, but it is also used as a term for the silk covering of the Kaaba.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize. The annual ceremony to change the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba (Kiswah) held at the Grand Mosque of Makkah (Masjid-Al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia.
The new Ghilaf has been prepared at a cost of seven million Saudi Riyal. Six hundred seventy kilogram pure silk, 120 kilogram gold and one hundred kilogram silver have been used in it.
The term Kiswah in Arabic means clothing made for covering the body, but it is also used as a term for the silk covering of the Kaaba. It is made of high-quality black velvet backed by a heavy-duty lining.
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