hubli the haj committee of india has denied reports that the saudi arabian government had asked indians not to take up haj pilgrimage in the wake of the spread of h1n1 these are unfounded rumours hci member imtiyaz hyder told the stoi according to him advisories regarding h1n1 or other diseases apply to every country and not just india saudi arabian authorities have advized the union government to advise the elderly pregnant women and children against the pilgrimage however this only an advisory and not the restriction he said he feels those taking necessary precautions can go hci and the various state haj committees are publicizing the advisory he said adding we have also advized pilgrims to take vaccines before leaving the country in case the h1n1 is declared a worldwide epidemic this would be implemented provided the vaccine is supplied by the union government