The Golden Domes

Two Golden domes stand out in the city of Karbala; one shrine is of Hussain and the other of his half-brother Abbas. The Shrines are holy sites of pilgrimage for the Shia Muslims.

Arbaeen is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world which attracts more than 22 million pilgrims, mainly Shia Muslims, who march from Najaf to Imam Hussain’s Shrine in Karbala to mark this occasion.