<p class="title">Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast, was observed across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following the lockdown, the festival was observed within the confines of the homes. This time, home prayers substituted mass prayers at mosques.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dakshina Kannada district Khazi Alhaj Bekal Ibrahim Musliyar had called upon the Muslim community not to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with pomp.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Khazi had asked the members to offer prayers at home. He had asked community members not to shake hands or gather in groups, which is normally a part of sharing the joy and happiness during the festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The festive spirit was missing with Covid-19 casting a shadow on the festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Every year, members of the Muslim community observe mass prayers at Idgah Maidan on Light House Hill Road in Mangaluru. However, this year, the entire area wore a deserted look following the Covid-19 pandemic. </p>.<p><strong>Eid spl meals</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">DYFI and Nagarika Horata Samithi in Jokatte arranged special Eid-ul-Fitr meals to over 700 stranded migrant labourers from West Bengal and Assam in Jokatte. The labourers were stranded after failing to return to their native villages.</p>
<p class="title">Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the month-long fast, was observed across Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following the lockdown, the festival was observed within the confines of the homes. This time, home prayers substituted mass prayers at mosques.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dakshina Kannada district Khazi Alhaj Bekal Ibrahim Musliyar had called upon the Muslim community not to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with pomp.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Khazi had asked the members to offer prayers at home. He had asked community members not to shake hands or gather in groups, which is normally a part of sharing the joy and happiness during the festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The festive spirit was missing with Covid-19 casting a shadow on the festival.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Every year, members of the Muslim community observe mass prayers at Idgah Maidan on Light House Hill Road in Mangaluru. However, this year, the entire area wore a deserted look following the Covid-19 pandemic. </p>.<p><strong>Eid spl meals</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">DYFI and Nagarika Horata Samithi in Jokatte arranged special Eid-ul-Fitr meals to over 700 stranded migrant labourers from West Bengal and Assam in Jokatte. The labourers were stranded after failing to return to their native villages.</p>