RIYADH: The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah is provided with up to 400 tons of Zamzam water per day during the Hajj season, Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.

The holy water is poured into 10,000 containers which are available around the mosque, and an additional 5,000 containers that are used if the need arises.

530 employees and supervisors are involved in filling the containers and transferring them to their designated places in the mosque, on its roof, and in its courtyard.

Seven sites at the mosque were designated for filling containers and three areas were used to cool single-use Zamzam water bottles, 80,000 of which are distributed daily, the report added.