Hyderabad: Eid-ul-Fitr was today celebrated across Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala with members of the Muslim community flocking mosques, shrines and prayer grounds to offer special prayers.
People exchanged greetings and warm embraces as the festive spirit gripped the state capitals.
In Hyderabad, a Muslim delegation comprising ulemas (scholars) and other leaders, led by Chairman of AP Minorities Commission, Abid Rasool Khan, met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his camp office to convey its greetings.
In Tamil Nadu, hundreds of Muslims thronged the famous Dargah at Mount Road in Chennai and also visited the Muslims-dominated Nagore in Nagapattinam district to offer special prayers.
Different varieties of biryani marked the day while some also offered food to poor and needy outside the mosques.
In Karnataka, the faithful turned up in hundreds to offer special namaz in Idgahs and mosques. Charity programmes were organised in many places where new clothes, food packets and gifts were distributed to the poor and needy.
Meanwhile, a Puducherry report said Muslims in different parts of the Union Territory offered prayers at mosques on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
People exchanged greetings and warm embraces as the festive spirit gripped the state capitals.
In Hyderabad, a Muslim delegation comprising ulemas (scholars) and other leaders, led by Chairman of AP Minorities Commission, Abid Rasool Khan, met Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his camp office to convey its greetings.
In Tamil Nadu, hundreds of Muslims thronged the famous Dargah at Mount Road in Chennai and also visited the Muslims-dominated Nagore in Nagapattinam district to offer special prayers.
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Different varieties of biryani marked the day while some also offered food to poor and needy outside the mosques.
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In Karnataka, the faithful turned up in hundreds to offer special namaz in Idgahs and mosques. Charity programmes were organised in many places where new clothes, food packets and gifts were distributed to the poor and needy.
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Meanwhile, a Puducherry report said Muslims in different parts of the Union Territory offered prayers at mosques on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
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