Hyderabad, June 9 -- There is more to Haj than meets the eye. It's not just going through the paces - thetawaf(circumambulation),sa'ee(running between Safe-Marwa hillocks), and drinking from the fountain of Zam Zam. It's not even 'Rami Jamara'(stoning of the symbolic devil) or the standing at Arafat. It's much more. Of course these are the core acts without which Haj remains incomplete. No pilgrim will be considered a Haji without performing them.

But is this all expected of a Haji? What about the spirit behind this supreme act of worship? How many imbibe it and carry it through life? A Haj performed with an awakened heart and with due adherence tosunnat(prophetic traditions) ought to bring in revolutionary changes - prove a turning poin...