A specific route was also determined to deliver the Kaaba cover from the outer gate of the Al-Haram Mosque to Mataf




Makkah Mukarrama (Urdu Point Latest News. July 16, 2023) Saudi Arabia announced to change the cover of the Kaaba on the 1st of Muharram and started preparations. According to Saudi media, the supervising engineer of the technical affairs department in the Shah Abdulaziz Complex, Sultan Al-Qurashi, inspected the electric vehicles and other machinery used to transfer the Kaaba cover, including lifters, etc. A specific delivery route has also been determined, bringing the cover to the Kaaba and then lifting the cover to the roof of the Kaaba by lifting the cover on all four sides of the Kaaba.

It is reported that during the whole process of changing the cover of the Kaaba, each part is brought separately to the upper part of the Kaaba from where they are taken off and the previous cover is removed, this process is repeated four times alternately. Until the new cover is put up and the old one is removed, 15 people have been provided technical training for the replacement of the cover of the Kaaba, including the engineers of the cover manufacturing factory and the technical department. Experts are included.