Mahmudul Ahsan, Millions of stories, on their way to home (Doco/Photojournalism (2019))

My efforts on Bishwa Ijtema (or Bishsho Istema), an annual Islamic movement congregation held at Tongi, Bangladesh by the river Turag. It is the 3rd largest Muslim congregation in the world after the Arbaeen gathering in Kerbala, Iraq and Hajj, Saudi Arabia. The Ijtema is a prayer meeting spread over couple of days, during which attending devotees perform daily prayers while listening to scholars reciting and explaining verses from the Quran. It culminates in the Final Prayer, in which millions of devotees raise their hands in front of Allah (God) and pray for world peace.

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