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Bakrid was celebrated successful Hyderabad connected Thursday with thousands of devotees gathering astatine Idgahs and mosques crossed the metropolis for peculiar congregational prayers and household get-togethers.
The peculiar Id prayers began arsenic aboriginal arsenic 6 a.m. astatine Hockey Ground other Nawab Shah Alam Khan College successful New Malakpet and continued with antithetic timings astatine different locations.
From the historical Mir Alam Idgah to Mecca Masjid and Qutb Shahi Heritage Park, devotees began arriving successful the aboriginal hours dressed successful elemental achromatic attire, greeting 1 different with hugs and prayers amid greetings of ‘Eid Mubarak’.
At the Mir Alam Idgah, 1 of the city’s largest supplication congregations, rows of worshippers stretched crossed the grounds and spilled implicit to the adjacent roads nether choky information arrangements for 9.30 a.m. prayers.
Police restricted postulation question connected the engaged Bengaluru-Hyderabad road anticipating the rush. Similar scenes were witnessed astatine Masjid-e-Aziziya, Mecca Masjid and respective Idgahs successful the suburbs.
Three large Idgahs successful the Golconda zone, Hockey Ground, First Lancer and Langar Houz, besides witnessed sizeable gatherings during the greeting prayers.
“It is not conscionable a festival, it is an emotion for Hyderabadis,” said Mohammed Faizan, 32, who attended prayers with his household astatine Mecca Masjid. “Every year, seeing thousands stitchery unneurotic successful bid gives a antithetic feeling.”
“There was hardly immoderate spot to locomotion past night,” laughed Hina Begum, a nonmigratory of Yakutpura who had travel for buying with relatives. “But that assemblage is portion of the Id acquisition here. If Charminar is not packed earlier Id, it feels incomplete.”
In areas specified arsenic Mehdipatnam and Mallepally, seasonal cattle markets and impermanent stalls saw brisk enactment successful the run-up to the festival, with traders reporting beardown concern contempt soaring temperatures.
Across respective malls successful the city, festive showcases nether ‘Jashn-e-Hyderabad’ featured taste performances, section handicrafts and nutrient stalls arsenic families stepped retired for celebrations aft greeting prayers.
Meanwhile, elaborate information arrangements were enactment successful spot crossed Hyderabad and neighbouring commissionerates to negociate crowds and support instrumentality and bid during the festival.
Thousands of constabulary personnel, including Armed Reserve and task unit teams, were deployed astatine large Idgahs, mosques, markets and delicate areas. High-definition CCTV cameras, barricades, conveyance checkposts and impermanent bid centres were besides acceptable up crossed respective parts of the city.
DCP Golconda portion G. Chandra Mohan said Bakrid prayers and rituals were conducted peacefully crossed the zone. “We deployed much forces than past year, including some instrumentality and bid and postulation personnel. All prayers were completed by astir 10.30 a.m. without immoderate issues. Qurbani and different rituals were besides wrapped up by afternoon,” helium said.
Referring to postulation question adjacent Langar Houz, the DCP said the country had witnessed congestion during Bakrid celebrations past year, but question remained creaseless this clip owed to amended arrangements and deployment.
