Srinagar, July 4 -- The procession was taken out in a peaceful manner with authorities making adequate security arrangements.

This is the third consecutive year that the administration has allowed the Muharram procession to be taken out on the traditional route through the heart of the city.

The procession began from Guru Bazar locality in the city and passed through the designated route via Jehangir Chowk and Maulana Azad Road. It would culminate at Dalgate.

Thousands of mourners assembled at Guru Bazar as the authorities had granted a limited time window for the procession so that normal life does not get affected.

Senior officers of the police and civil administration joined the procession at Lal Chowk as a symbolic gesture of unit...