Mosques covered with tarpaulin to avoid Holi colours

Four mosques in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh have been covered with tarpaulin to ensure they are not smeared with colours during Holi celebrations.

To maintain peace and order on the occasion of Holi, the festival of colours, four different mosques of Aligarh, located in the city's most sensitive areas have been covered with tarpaulin.

The work of covering these mosques were carried out throughout the previous night in the presence of police and people associated with the mosque committee so that no colours or dirt are smeared on the structures by the people during the festive celebrations.

The mosques that have been covered include the "Masjid Halwaiyaan" located at Sabzi Mandi, a highly sensitive intersection of Aligarh, the Ansari Wali Mosque located at Kanwari Ganj and others.