Goemkapronn desk
VASCO: The Eid-ul-Fitr festival was celebrated with religious fervour in Port town on Thursday.
The Eid festival began with Muslims visiting mosques in the morning to offer namaz and later visiting friends and family members to exchange greetings. Portions of biryani and meat along with a sweet kheer were also exchanged.
Eid is an important festival for Muslims as it marks the end of the Ramzan month, with the sighting of the new Moon and a huge gathering of Muslims in Mosques the festival has been celebrated in full-fledged manner after a gap of two years amidst the pandemic
Keeping in mind the LokSabha elections and previous clashes between religious groups, police officials were seen present at strategic locations to avoid any untoward incident and maintain law and order.
Meanwhile, the Muslim community members were seen offering Namaz rituals and greeting each other during the festival with the wishes of Eid Mubarak while many people from other religions were also seen greeting Muslims outside the Masjid on the occasion of Eid
Congress Minority Chairman Nazir Khan speaking to the media appealed to all the people to maintain peace and harmony during the festival
“We have offered prayers to Allah the almighty to spread the peace across the world and we also appeal to all our Hindu, Christian and members of other religions to unite to celebrate festivals together so as to spread peace and maintain the communal harmony in Goa,” said Khan.
Meanwhile, social worker Rahil Khan said that the levels of happiness amongst Muslims had been up after the Month long fast had ended bringing in the celebration of Eid.
“Our fasting period of Ramzan has been over and we are celebrating Eid on a grand scale. We have seen that a large number of people have gathered at the Masjid to offer prayers and we are very happy today as we hug and greet each other. We have seen that our Hindu friends are also around to wish us and this proves that we have always been united in Vasco. We have been given this great opportunity by God to celebrate festivals together and such great moments must be cherished and not wasted by thinking of some religious clashes that may have been reported in the past,” said Khan.
