Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 14 -- The draw to select those eligible for this year's Hajj pilgrimage from among the applicants was conducted at the Central Hajj Committee office in Mumbai, with Kerala being allotted 8,530 seats.
As Saudi Arabia has not yet officially announced the Hajj quota, the draw was conducted based on an estimated one lakh seats for the whole of India.
Under the Hajj policy, the first priority category - applicants aged 65 years or above - included all who applied in this group, and they have all been selected.
In the second priority category - women-only groups aged between 45 and 65 years - out of 3,620 applicants, all except 58 have been selected. The waiting list order for the remaining applicants has also been de...