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Detailed explanation-1: -The government of India’s proposal to send its Hajj pilgrims through the sea route has got the green signal from the Saudi Arabian government, union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Union Minister made the comment after the signing of annual Haj agreement between India and Saudi Arabia in Mecca.

Detailed explanation-3: -India has become the first country to make the entire Haj process digital, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Sunday after signing the bilateral agreement for the pilgrimage with the Saudi Haj Minister in Jeddah.

Detailed explanation-4: -Akbar was the first Indian ruler who started the Haj pilgrimage on state expenses. Hajj is a pilgrimage for people of the Muslim religion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The European-Asian sea route, commonly known as the sea route to India or the Cape Route, is a shipping route from the European coast of the Atlantic Ocean to Asia’s coast of the Indian Ocean passing by the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas at the southern edge of Africa.