Photos:
Construction of new zarih of shrine of Imam Hussein
A.S.completed
Report by Tehran Times; photos by Mohsen Saeidi, Mehr News
Agency Iranian artists and
artisans have completed the construction of the new zarih
(outer
sarcophagus enclosure) of the holy shrine of Imam Hussein. It
was unveiled during a ceremony at the Masumieh Seminary in Qom
on Thursday, the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency
reported.
Iranian miniaturist
Mahmud Farshchian, who is the designer of the zarih, Majlis
Speaker Ali Larijani and a number of other officials attended
the ceremony.
The construction of the zarih has been
arranged by Iran's Center for Reconstruction of Holy
Shrines.
The new zarih will be
on show at the seminary until October 6 and then it will be
transferred to Iraq to replace the old one in Karbala in three
months, the center's director Hassan Palarak said.
The center
also plans to rebuild the dome of the shrine in the near
future,
he added.
Part of the zarih had
previously been put on display in an exhibition at Tehran's
Niavaran Cultural Center in November 2011.
Farshchian was
commissioned by the Zarih-making Board of Trustees in Qom in
2007 to create the new design that was completed in March
2011.
Iranian
miniaturist Mahmud Farshchian
Afterwards, a large
group of Iranian artists in the city of Qom was hired to build
the zarih, which was made of gold, silver, copper and
teakwood.
Palarak said that his center spent about 140
billion rials (about $11.5 million) to make the
zarih.
About 1250 kilograms
of gold, about 1800 kilograms of silver and about 600 kilograms
of copper have been used in construction of the zarih.
A
large quantity of the gold has been donated by the Iranian
people, he added.
The latest techniques have been used in
lighting in this structure. In addition, crystals with the
ability to change light and color have been installed inside
the
zarih
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