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Muslims celebrate Shab-e-barat with great zeal in Delhi, India. Barat Night can be translated to acquittal/absolution, Urdu: Shabe Barat‎ in Persian, as well as in Urdu) is a Muslim event, celebrated on the 15th Sha'aban, the eighth month o…

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Muslim devotees thronged Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah in Delhi. Hazrat Nizamuddin, was a famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order in the Indian Subcontinent, an order that believed in drawing close to God through renunciation of the world and ser…

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Iftar refers to the evening meal when Muslims end their fast at the time of sunset, right at the time of adhan Maghrib prayer in the Sunni sect and after the maghrib prayer in the Shia sect, during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

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Large number of devotees gather to witness the procession of Muharram. Muharram is a month of remembrance & Modern Shia Meditation that is often considered synonymous with the event of Ashura.

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Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ʻĪd al-'Aḍḥá, IPA: [ʕiːd al ʔadˁˈħaː], "festival of sacrifice"), also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Bakr and Bakrid, is an important religious holi…

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Muslim devotees gather at Feroz Shah Kotla Fort mosque to offer prayer and break iftar. Devotees in large number gather every thursday at Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in Delhi ato offer prayer to the Djinns and write letters, stick coins to the w…

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Viewer discretion advised due to graphic content. A view of Muslim devotees taking out Muharram procession on the streets of Old Delhi.

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Muslim child performing Wuzu before prayer at holy shrine of Nizamuddin Dargah Nizamuddin Dargah is the dargah (mausoleum) of one of the world's most famous Sufi saints, Nizamuddin Auliya (1238 - 1325 CE).

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An Indian vendor waits for customers to sell his goats at a market ahead of the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Old Delhi.

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Muslim devotees perform self-flagellation and chest beating as they take part in a religious procession during Muharram in Delhi, India.

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This little girl and her goat! And then the goat was gone - eaten by her family... Eid al-Adha, also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram and Bakrid, is an important religious holiday celebrated…

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On the 8th day of Rabi' al-awwal the third month of Islamic calendar, Chup Tazia is observed by the Shia muslims of India and Pakistan.

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On the 8th day of Rabi' al-awwal the third month of Islamic calendar, Chup Tazia is observed by the Shia muslims of India and Pakistan.

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Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ʻĪd al-'Aḍḥá, IPA: [ʕiːd al ʔadˁˈħaː], "festival of sacrifice"), also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival,[1] the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Bakr and Bakrid, is an important religious h…

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Muslim devotees perform self-flagellation and chest beating as they take part in a religious procession during Muharram in Delhi, India.

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Muslim devotees perform self-flagellation as they take part in a religious procession during Muharram in Delhi, India.

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Eid al-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى‎ ʻĪd al-'Aḍḥá, IPA: [ʕiːd al ʔadˁˈħaː], "festival of sacrifice"), also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival,[1] the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Bakr and Bakrid, is an important religious h…

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Eid al-Adha also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Bakr and Bakrid, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the prophet ʾIbrāhīm…

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Eid al-Adha also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram, Eid al-Bakr and Bakrid, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the prophet ʾIbrāhīm…

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Muslim people gather on the eve of Shab-e-barat at Nizamuddin graveyard in Delhi, India. People distributing food to those people who visited the graveyard in the blessed night of Shab-e-barat.

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Eid al-Adha, also called Feast of the Sacrifice, the Major Festival, the Greater Eid, Kurban Bayram and Bakrid, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to honour the willingness of the prophet ʾIbrāhīm (Abraham) to…

ceremony · fort

Devotees in large number gather every thursday at Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in Delhi to offer prayer to the Djinns and write letters, stick coins to the walls of the mosque, offer milk, sweets, fruits and even meats to the Djinns, all with the…

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In India, there is a the tradition is to bury the Tazia, a replica of the tomb of Husain, the martyred son of Muhammad.