Holy City Of Makkah. Review on Mecca

The Holy city of Makkah is situated in the kingdom of saudi Arabia and is the holiest city for the muslims.The City of Mecca is hilly and the road usually goes up and down.When you go to Haram and are on an elevation you see lot of people in the form of swarms like ants the thought which goes through your mind is how you will be able to perform your rituals in this crowd but once you become part of the crowd it beomes easy.The holy city of Mecca houses the Kaba which is known to muslims as the house of Allah.All the Prayers of the muslims are directed in the direction of the Kaba throughout the world which we call as qibla.The pilgrimage of the Holy city of Mecca are of two times one a major known as Haj and is compulsory for those muslims who can afford it and the other is the minor pilgrimage which is known as Umra.It takes at least 5 days but usually pilgrims come for more than one month or more duration.The time required to do Umra is one day or night.The Umra requires two major rituals to be performed after having wearing the ihram or uniform which consists of two unstiched white towels to cover the body of men but the women are allowed to wear stiched clothes.The two rituals are to do seven rounds around Kaba and the other is to so 7 rounds between two mountains safa and marwa.The Haj ritual involves the above two rituals of umra and then there is a stay at Arafat for onenight and then to throw stones at shaitan and it is compulsory to give sacrifice of animals.The Kaba has two corners one corner has the hajre aswad or the black stone and the other is called the yemeni corner.The area beneath the water drain is known as hatim.There are many hotels in the vicinity of the haram and people can choose the hotel according to their budget and lifestyle.The bus service known as saptco is also in close vicinity of haram.Price range of the hotels range from 50 riyals to thousands of riyals for the single and for the families it ranges from 100 riyals to thousands of riyals for families.The rates varies according to season they more expensive in Ramadhan and Haj periods.The haram also has the well of zam zam.This water is salty in nature and has been proved to have lot of minerals.Thats why it refreshes the people when they drink it.wheel chairs are available for handicap persons.