Hussainia
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A Hussainia (Arabic: حسينية Persian: Hosseiniyeh Urdu: Imambargah) is a congregation hall for Shia ritual ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram. The name comes from Husayn Ibn Ali, the grandson of the Muhammad and an Imam of the Shia. Hussain was killed by Yazid I in Karbala, Iraq, over 1,300 years ago. Shias still mourn the death of Hussain on the day of Ashura every year in Hussainias all over the world.
In South Asia, a Hussainia can also be referred to as an "imambara", "imambargah", or "ashurkhana". In Bahrain it is called a "ma'tam" (مأتم). Some examples of Hussainias are the Bara Imambara and Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab, both in Lucknow, Imambara Wazeer Un Nisa Amroha India Detail of Imambara India, and Hosseiniye Ershad in Tehran, Iran.
In Afghanistan and Central Asia, the equivalent term for a Shia congregation hall is "takyakhana."
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- Hussainia by Jean Calmard, an article of encyclopedia Iranica
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