Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated in UP

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Press Trust of India Lucknow
Last Updated : Jul 07 2016 | 2:42 PM IST
Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in Uttar Pradesh today with men, women and children dressed in their best thronging mosques, shrines and Eidgahs across the state for special prayers to mark culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan.
Muslims from all walks of life made a beeline for Eidgahs (prayer ground) and mosques for offering the Eid prayers.
In Lucknow, women offered 'namaaz' at Aishbagh Eidgah for the first time.
Governor Ram Naik and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav greeted people on the occasion at Eidgah.
Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is observed as a fasting period by Muslims the world over who abstain from taking food and water during the period extending from 30 minutes before the sunrise to sunset.
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First Published: Jul 07 2016 | 2:42 PM IST