SRINAGAR — ANN News, Jammu and Kashmir’s first and only television channel is going to start live telecast of Taraweh prayers from Dargah Hazratbal Shrine.
The Taraweh prayer will be telecasted every day at 8:30 pm and will run throughout the holy month live from this revered shrine. It will also be available on all social media handles of ANN News.
On viewers demand, the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board extended an invitation to ANN News to start the live broadcast of Taraweh prayers during the month of Ramadan as the channel had not continued the live Taraweh prayer broadcast this year.
The live broadcast of Taraweh prayer last year was a major successful program of the channel as such initiative was taken for the first time by any television channel.
The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board in a communique said, For wider reach of live Taraweeh prayers on request of general public, you are invited for live coverage of Shab-e-Qadr anmd Taraweeh at Aasari Sharief Hazratbal.
The entire coverage proceedings shall take place under the close monitoring of the concerned Administrator, the communique said.
Further, it is also conveyed that the channel shall have to provide access to the official Facebook Page “J&K Waqf Board” for Live Coverage, if required, it said.
ANN News is also first Kashmir based Tv channel available on JIO Set Top box, channel number 1114, throughout the country.
ANN News is the voice of Kashmir. Taking events and topics into consideration that matters to people of J&K, we have decided to accept invitation of Wakf Board and telecast transmission of Taraweeh this holy month Ramadhan live from Dargah Hazratbal Sharif which is being appreciated by one and all, especially by our esteemed viewers, said Mudasir Yaqoob, Chief to the Board of Directors and Executive Editor ANN News.
Tariq Bhat, Editor in Chief ANN News said that lakhs of people in Kashmir are benefited through this live transmission on TV while people across the globe also watch ANN News on different platforms and appreciate our efforts.