Eid Festival Images: Ramadan Stock Photos, Muslims Praying

Children greet each other on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr at Jama Masjid in New Delhi

Eid-ul-Fitr depends on the sighting of the moon and its celebration varies in different countries

Eid-ul-Fitr is also known as `sweet Eid’ because of the variety of sweet dishes being cooked and consumed on this day

Muslims are celebrating the important religious holiday with prayers as they mark the end of Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan

Muslims offering namaz on Eid-Ul-Fitr in Jalandhar

Muslims serve ‘seviyan’, a sweet vermicelli dish, after offering prayers during Eid al-Fitr at the Jama Masjid mosque

On the day of Eid-ul-Fitr, morning prayers are said and people pay family visits and celebrate with feasts

People greet each other after the morning prayers

Thousands of Muslims thronged the Jama Masjid and other mosques on Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday, celebrating the festival with special prayers

Also known as the ‘sacrificial feast’, the second Eid of the year will be celebrated worldwide from the evening of September 1. Eid al-Adha as per the lunar calendar begins on the tenth day of Dhu’l-Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic calendar. This Eid falls after the Arafat Day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia, a journey obligatory upon all abled Muslim men and women once in their lifetime.

A structural deformity in the jaw could mean hereditary conditions, making it unfit for sacrifice. The goat’s lower teeth should perfectly flush with the upper dental pad when it closes its mouth which is examined by lifting the jaw and counting the number of teeth – another metric for choosing a fit and able animal for sacrifice.

Eid al-Adha, popularly known as ‘Bakri Eid’ in the subcontinent is slated for September 2nd this year. The market surrounding the Jama Masjid have been abuzz with traders looking for customers to purchase goats ahead of Eid –a commemoration that involves a sacrifice to honour the legacy of the Islamic prophet Abraham who according to tradition was willing to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God when the angel Gabriel intervened and instead replaced his son with a ram.

Many of the goats tethered in the market have synthetic and decorative flowers and items strapped around their neck to attract customers. Sales have reportedly dipped this season post demonetisation which affected the traders’ ability to adequately feed their livestock and raise them to much larger sizes which attract higher sums in the Eid period.

Men and women dress for the occasion and offer congregational prayers on the day of Eid in an open field or a mosque. The meat of the slaughtered animal is equally distributed into three halves among family members, relatives and as charity among the poor.

However, doubt looms over the sale of the animals among traders this year owing to fear of ‘gau rakshaks’, preventing them from transporting goats to bigger cities from the hinterlands where they are bred, providing sellers far higher returns compared to local markets.

Medina is a city in western Saudi Arabia. In the city center, the vast Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) is a major Islamic pilgrimage site. Its striking Green Dome rises above the tombs of the Prophet Muhammad and early Islamic leaders Abu Bakr and Umar. The Masjid al-Qiblatain (Qiblatain Mosque) is known as the site where the Prophet Muhammad received the command to change the direction of prayer to Mecca.

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