The Muslims of the country celebrated their biggest religious festival, Eid-ul-Fitr, on Saturday marking the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting.
The main Eid congregation in the capital was held on the National Eidgah maidan adjacent to the High Court building at about 8:30am.
Amid pleasant weather and well-management preparations, thousands of devotees attended the congregation at the National Eidgah.
Khatib of Baitul Mokarram National Mosque Prof Maulana Mohammad Salah Uddin conducedt the prayer attended by people from all walks of life.
President Mohammad Zillur Rahman offered his Eid prayers on the National Eidgah Maidan and exchanged greetings with the devotees.
Chief Justice M Fazlul Karim, members of the cabinet including Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, Information and Cultural Affairs Minister Abul Kalam Azad, Health and Family Welfare Minister AFM Ruhal Huq and Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, advisers to the prime minister, Dhaka City Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, state ministers, judges of the Supreme Court, senior political leaders and diplomats of different Muslim countries offered prayers on the maidan.
A special munajat was held seeking divine blessings for peace and development of the country, welfare of the people and greater unity and integrity of the Muslim Ummah.
The Eid Jamaat was held under the auspices of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC). Special arrangements were also made for women and foreign diplomats to offer their Eid prayers at the National Eidgah.
Besides, five massive Eid Jamaats were held at Baitul Mokarram National mosque. The first jamaat was held at 7:30am, followed by four more congregations at 8:30am, 9:30am, 10:30am and 11:15am respectively.
Other Eid jamaats were held at Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Bhaban,Dhaka University Central Mosque, Gulshan Central Mosque and Eidgah, Lalbagh Mosque, Shyamoli SOS Shishu Palli Jame Mosque, Dewanbagh Babe Rahmat. Eid jamaats were also held at Sayedabad Darbarsharif Baro Jame Mosque, Masjide Gausul Azam Abdul Quader Jilani, Dakkhin Goran Banosri Jame Mosque and Dania Jame Mosque.
Besdies, Eid congregations were also held at Khilkhet Kurmitola High School Eidgah Maidan, RK Mission Road Brothers Union ground, Banani Pak Darbar Sharif, Kantaban Jame Mosque, Dhaka University playground, Salimullah Hall Gate ground, Uttara Jame Mosque Foundation, Shantibagh Shahi Jame Mosque, Abu Jar Gifari College ground, Malibagh Jame Mosque, Hazaribagh Park, Tikatuli Jame Mosque and Uttar Kafrul Jheelpar Jame Mosque.
Eid jamaats also took place at Gulshan 1st Jame Mosque, Khilgaon Pallima Sangsad, Maghbazar Kazi Office Lane Baitul Quran Masjid, Sheikhdi Al Hera Jame Mosque at Jatrabari, Fazlul Haq Muslim Hall, Lalbagh Shahi Jame Mosque, Lalbagh Kella Jame Mosque, Al Madina Jame Mosque, Senpara Parbata Eidgah and Nayapaltan Jame Mosque, Mirpur-12 D Block Eidgah, Baitul Falah Complex at Pallabi, Maghbazar T&T Jame Mosque.
More Eid jamaats were held at different areas of the metropolis including Hospital Jame Mosque, Khejurbagan Jame Mosque, APBN Jame Mosque, Baitul Noor Jame Mosque, Shantinagar Jame Mosque, Garangira Complex and Mohammadpur Jame Mosque, Old Police Lines Jame Mosque, Shalban Jame Mosque, Comilla Tila Jame Mosque, Bus Terminal Jame Mosque, Comilla Tila Ambagan Jame Mosque, East Islampur Jame Mosque, South Ganjapara Jame Mosque, North Ganjapara Jame Mosque and Shabdamia Para Jame Mosque and Islampur Jame Mosque .
Under the auspice of the DCC Eid congregations were held at all eidghas and important mosques in all the 90 wards of Dhaka metropolis.
Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have taken strong security measures in and around the National Eidgah and all other eid jamaats and its vicinity. However, no untoward incidents were reported from anywhere during the Eid congregations.
Our Kishoreganj correspondent reported that the country’s biggest Eid congregation was held at 10:00am at Sholakia, the largest Eidgah ground in the subcontinent.
Eminent Islamic thinker Moulana Farid Uddin Masud conducted the prayers seeking divine blessings for peace and progress of the country, welfare of the people and greater unity of the people and greater unity of the Muslim Ummah.
Around four lakh devotees from different long distances thronged Sholakia Eidgah to offer Eid prayers. Many arches were erected while roads decorated with colourful banners.
The first Eid jamaat was held on the field in 1828.
