Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated with joy and jubilation across the State including coal and steel belt on
Tuesday, amid strict security measures. The festivities went off peacefully without a hitch across
the State. Families gathered to share food and drink, especially the vermicelli dish 'sewayian,'
and various types of biryani and kebab meals.
In the State Capital the festival was celebrated with fervour as devotees offered prayers in
mosques across the city. People wished each other on the occasion and spread the message of
brotherhood and love.
With the spirit of thanksgiving and jubilation on the first day of the 10th month of the
Muslim lunar calendar ‘Eid’ marks the completion of an act of duty and devotion, said Murshid
Alam, the owner of Bharat Refrigeration at City Centre Sector- 4 in Bokaro Steel City. “Eid
teaches the lesson that real happiness arises from performing one’s duty and making sacrifices
for a noble objective,” he added.
All festivals teach us to feel our oneness with all creation and we should follow the path of love,
purity and forgiveness; no matter that we are the followers of different religions, said Shankar a
resident of LH Colony.
“We all are the sons of one almighty, thus we are brothers,” he added.
The Muslim religions followers celebrated ‘Eid’ which signifies the successful completion of the
sacred month of Ramadan (Ramzan). Dressed in their best, thousands of devotees assemble at
the mosques and prayer grounds in the coal and steel belt to offer the special prayers which are
performed in unison; later they exchange good wishes. Elders gave ‘Eidee’ to the children.
The practice of fasting during the month of Ramadan is to sublimate the inner self of man and
inculcates discernment of the pangs and hardships which the poor and needy face. “This feeling
is awakened in all those, whether rich or poor, young or old, who observe fasting,” he added.
There are multiple results of fasting in the shape of vigorous duties, moral and spiritual self-
discipline and austerity. This reward equips man to swim in the roughest seas of life, said
Samsher.