In Images: How India celebrated Eid amid lockdown
The Eid-al-Fitr celebrations remained a low key affair this year due to COVID-19 outbreak and the restrictions imposed due to it. Here’s a glimpse:
Update: 2020-05-25 14:39 GMT
Muslim boys greet each other after offering Eid-al-Fitr prayers at Khairudeen Jama Masjid in Amritsar on Monday | PTI Photo Muslim offer Eid-al-Fitr prayers at Khairudeen Jama Masjid in Amritsar on Monday | PTI Photo Muslims offer Eid-ul-Fitr namaz outside Jama Masjid in old Delhi on Monday | PTI Photo Jama Masjid in old Delhi wears a deserted look on Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr namaz in Mathura on Monday | PTI Photo Muslims buy garlands from a shop on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, in Chikmagalur on Monday | PTI Photo Policemen keep vigil outside of the closed Jama Masjid on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr festival, in Prayagraj on Monday | PTI Photo Muslims offer Eid-al-Fitr prayers on the roof of a house, in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Monday | PTI Photo Members of a Muslim family offer Eid-al-Fitr prayers at their home, in Jalandhar on Monday | PTI Photo A policeman clicks selfie with Muslim children after they offered Eid prayers at Khairudeen Jama Masjid in Amritsar on Monday | PTI Photo A Muslim man offers Eid-al-Fitr prayers at his home, in Ajmer on Monday | PTI Photo A man offers prayers at the gate of a closed mosque on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr, in Guwahati on Monday | PTI Photo Children offer prayers on the roof of a house on the occasion of Eid festival, in Nadia on Monday | PTI Photo A view of Bhopal’s Taj-Ul-Masjid wearing a deserted look on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr festival | PTI Photo Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali and others offer Eid-al-Fitr prayers in Lucknow on Monday | PTI Photo Muslims exchange greetings on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, in front of the closed Nakhoda Masjid, in Kolkata on Monday | PTI Photo A Muslim family offers Eid-ul-Fitr prayers at their home in Chennai on Monday | PTI Photo Muslims offer Eid-al-Fitr prayers at a house in Guwahati on Monday | PTI Photo Girls show henna on their hands while celebrating Eid- ul-Fitr at their house in Hyderabad on Monday | PTI Photo Muslims look at the moon on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr, in Mumbai on Sunday | PTI Photo Jama Masjid in old Delhi wears a deserted look on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo Jama Masjid in old Delhi wears a deserted look on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo Jama Masjid in old Delhi on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo An illuminated Jama Masjid in old Delhi on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo An illuminated Jama Masjid in old Delhi on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo An illuminated Jama Masjid in Jaipur wears a deserted look on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo A vendor sells vermicelli in a market near Jama Masjid on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo Glimpse of a market near Jama Masjid in old Delhi on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo Glimpse of a market near Jama Masjid in old Delhi on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo A vendor sells vermicelli (sewaiyan) in Vijayawada on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr festival, on Sunday | PTI Photo People shop at a market in Hyderabad ahead of Eid-al-Fitr, on Sunday | PTI Photo