- Title: Muslims attend first Friday Ramadan prayers in India
- Date: 24th March 2023
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 24, 2023) (ANI - No use India) DEVOTEES AT JAMA MASJID (GRAND MOSQUE) VARIOUS OF DEVOTEES PERFORMING PRE-PRAYER RITUAL WASH DEVOTEES AT JAMA MASJID VARIOUS OF DEVOTEES SITTING FOR PRAYERS VARIOUS OF DEVOTEES PRAYING (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) DEVOTEE, SHIRAZ ALAM, SAYING: "Today is the first Friday prayers of Ramadan. One prays as much as possible during this period and remembers Allah and asks for forgiveness for his sins of previous life." DEVOTEES WALKING OUTSIDE OF JAMA MASJID (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) DEVOTEE, SHAH MALIK, SAYING: "We are praying to Allah to make us a kind and virtuous person and work for the betterment of the country." SRINAGAR, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA (MARCH 24, 2023) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF DEVOTEES PRAYING DOME OF HAZRATBAL SHRINE/DEVOTEES PRAYING VARIOUS OF DEVOTEES PRAYING (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) DEVOTEE, BHATT MAQBOOL, SAYING: "Everyone is smiling because today is the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Hazratbal. Proper arrangements have been made. There is a joyful atmosphere as everyone has come. Everyone has offered prayers." GORAKHPUR, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (MARCH 24, 2023) (ANI - No use India) DEVOTEES AT MUBARAK KHAN DARGAH SHAHEED MOSQUE VARIOUS OF DEVOTEES PRAYING
- Embargoed: 7th April 2023 15:06
- Keywords: INDIA PRAYERS RAMADAN RELIGION
- Location: VARIOUS, INDIA
- City: VARIOUS, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001003024032023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Muslim devotees bowed together in India as they attended the first Friday (March 24) prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, during which Muslims fast, refraining from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
The fast is usually broken with a meal that includes staples like dates and sweet juices.
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