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LUCKNOW, JUN 13 (UNI):- Workers prepare the traditional Shahi Zari (wax taziya) ahead of Muharram. The Shahi Zari procession, carried from Chhota Imambara to Bada Imambara on the first day of Muharram, is a centuries-old tradition believed to date back nearly 350 years. The practice is associated with Umat-ul-Zohra Bano, popularly known as Bahu Begum, wife of Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula, who is credited with introducing the custom of keeping taziyas in Lucknow in 1675, in Lucknow on saturday. UNI PHOTO-146U