Do you know where is the largest cemetery in the world built? Let us tell you. Wadi-e-Salaam is the largest cemetery in the world. There will hardly be a greater cemetery than this. The Wadi-e-Salaam Cemetery in Najaf, Iraq is the largest cemetery in the world. This cemetery is also called the Valley of Peace. It is located in the holy city of Najaf for Shia Muslims. Wadi-e-Salaam Cemetery is spread over an area of 1,485.5 acres or say 6 square kilometres. More than 5 lakh people are buried here. So many people say that the number of dead buried here is much more than that.
Let us tell you that the cemetery in Najaf also attracts lakhs of devotees every year. This cemetery is located near the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Sunni Caliph and the first Shia Imam. Many Shia in Iraq insist on burying themselves in Wadi-e-Salaam due to its proximity to the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib. Apart from this, people of Shia community from all over the world also want to be buried here.
However, burial in the cemetery means placing the dead bodies in the coffin present here. According to the people who take care of the cemetery, 50 bodies are kept in each basement. Graves are nearly impossible to measure because of the millions of graves buried over 14 years. The present tombs here are made of bricks and plaster. Quranic verses are often written on these tombs.