Prayers, led by a man with a pair of cymbals, started as slow chanting then accelerated and intensified as the sound of the cymbals rose from a tinkle to a crash before falling silent again.
He said morning prayers at the mosque were usually attended by 100 to 200 people on Fridays.
Priests at the Yakuo-in temple, which is situated on the mountain, create a mystical soundscape as they blow conch shells and perform prayers for Geikosai – the festival to welcome the light.
The service of prayers, hymns, readings and speeches, took place a year into new inquests, which began on 31 March 2014, ordered after the original 1990-91 inquests were quashed by the high court in December 2012.
Current taoiseach Enda Kenny, on a trip to New York, offered his prayers and paid tribute to his former party leader,saying "Ireland does not deserve to lose such an institution".
The leader of Friday prayers, Ayatollah Imami Kashani, who often reflects the political mood among the conservative faction of the Islamic republic, said: "The Lausanne declaration was a success.
Buckley-Irvine also outlined previous disciplinary concerns about the club, including that members had "blacked up" and dressed as Guantánamo Bay prisoners before imitating Islamic prayers while Muslim students left Friday worship.
Pelosi reiterated several times that she has "no knowledge of anything except my prayers" with regard to a potential Clinton run.
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In Algeria, meanwhile, police were struggling to contain more than a thousand protesters chanting "I am not Charlie, I am Muhammad" in the streets of Algiers after Friday prayers.
As I walked back to the guesthouse, I couldn't help hoping that his prayers included a plea to Vishnu to save Majuli from the Brahmaputra before it is too late.
