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Eid Mubarak: Hugs, selfies, tweets & more

July 18, 2015 11:42 IST

After a pious month of fasting and prayers, Muslims across the world celebrate Eid with great fervour.

Eid-ul-Fitr marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan. Back home, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to wish Muslims on the occasion and in New York, the Empire State Building was lit in green. Here's a look at the awesome Eid photo album.


Children of Dawoodi Bohra community greet each other on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr festival in Bhopal. Photograph: PTI


A child prays along with his elders at a mosque in Guwahati, Assam on Saturday.



New York's Empire State Building was lit in green late Friday to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramzan. Photograph: @USCGLahore/Twitter



A boy carries a bag of new clothes in Jobar, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. Photograph: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters

A young Chinese Muslim of the Hui ethnic minority sits on a prayer rug as men stand and pray during the last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramzan at the historic Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images


A man greets a boy after the Eid al-Fitr prayers outside Al Noor Mosque in Sharjah. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images



Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside Al Noor Mosque in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Photograph: Francois Nel/Getty Images



Choreographer Feroz Khan tweets this selfie on Eid. Wishing All of you Eid Mubarak. Warm wishes from BOLLYBROTHERS :-) May Allah keep all of us in his care.Aameen :-), he says. Photograph: Feroz Khan/Twitter



The iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus building in Mumbai looks stunning after it's lit up in green. Photograph: PTI



Children celebrate Eid at a school in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: PTI



Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweets greetings on Eid. Photograph: @narendramodi/Twitter  
   




 



 

  

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