Eid-ul-Fitr festival 2020

Eid-ul-Fitr festival is celebrated on the evening of 24 May and will end on the evening of 25 May. The festival is celebrated by all Muslims across the world. They celebrate the festival by preparing feast and family gatherings.

Eid-ul-Fitr festival is celebrated in India by taking precautions and maintaining social distancing, amid the COVID-19 lockdown.

Eid-ul-Fitr festival is famously known as the ‘festival of breaking the fast.’ The festival marks the end of a month-long period of fasting of Ramadan.

It is one of the most significant festivals celebrated across the Muslim community around the world.

Ramadan is the 9th month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Eid is the month of Shawwal during which Muslims are not permitted to fast.

The fasting is observed to mark that Allah (God), gave the first chapters of the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad in 610 CE. During this period, Muslims abstain from food and water during the period between sunrise to sunset.