Hundreds of Muslims dressed in their festive best turned up at historic Jama Masjid, Fathepuri Masjid, Hazrat Nizamuddin and other mosques in the city to offer special prayers on the festival marking the culmination of holy fasting month of Ramzan.
Soon after the ‘namaz’ was over at the mosques, people hugged each other and wished Eid Mubarak’, exchanged gifts and enjoyed special dishes, particularly ‘sewayian’ made of vermicelli and different varieties of biryani and kebabs.
Elders gave ‘eidee’ (token money) to children. People visited relatives and gave out alms to the needy.
Markets in various Muslim-dominated areas in the city have been decked up on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar. Delhi Police have strengthened security in an around the mosques.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung too greeted people on the festival.
‘May the Almighty grant his choicest blessings to all the citizens of our great nation.’
Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is observed as a fasting period by Muslims who abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset and it culminates in Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations.
Soon after the ‘namaz’ was over at the mosques, people hugged each other and wished Eid Mubarak’, exchanged gifts and enjoyed special dishes, particularly ‘sewayian’ made of vermicelli and different varieties of biryani and kebabs.
Elders gave ‘eidee’ (token money) to children. People visited relatives and gave out alms to the needy.
Markets in various Muslim-dominated areas in the city have been decked up on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the most joyous days in the Islamic calendar. Delhi Police have strengthened security in an around the mosques.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung too greeted people on the festival.
‘May the Almighty grant his choicest blessings to all the citizens of our great nation.’
Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is observed as a fasting period by Muslims who abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset and it culminates in Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations.