Imam Reza Shrine Offers Dedicated Assistance to Visually Impaired to Enhance Pilgrimage

IQNA – In a bid to ensure a calm and safe pilgrimage experience, dedicated attendants at the Imam Reza (AS) Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, accompany visually impaired pilgrims throughout their visit, providing personalized assistance from arrival to departure.

Erfan Qaeni Sani, an official with the shrine, highlighted the initiative: "This new service, launched less than a year ago, aims to assist visually impaired pilgrims who arrive at the sacred shrine without an accompanying companion."

Explaining the process, Qaeni Sani said, "When a visually impaired pilgrim without a companion arrives, security staff notify the Zolal Rezvan section, and an attendant is assigned to assist them."

The attendant is responsible for accompanying the pilgrim from the moment of arrival, guiding them through the requested courtyards and halls, and ensuring they are safely escorted back to their point of origin, he noted.

He emphasized that this service is exclusively provided within the shrine complex.

In addition to physical assistance, the shrine also offers specialized resources for visually impaired visitors. There are eight dedicated book repositories, known as Bayt Al-Anwar, located at key entrances and courtyards of the shrine. These repositories house 180 volumes of Braille books, including the Holy Quran.

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