Idul-Azha or 'Eid-e-Qurban' will be celebrated in the country tomorrow with all the fervour and gaiety. This is a festival of 'Offering' or 'Qurbani' and is celebrated by the Muslims on the tenth day of the last month of Islamic calender 'Zil-hijja'.
AIR Lucknow Correspondent reports that Muslim families are busy in making hectic preparations to celebrate the festival. Chowk, Nakhas, Aminabad areas of Lucknow are witnessing heavy rush of buyers.
This being the festive season of other communities as well, markets are full with the attractive offers and its takers. At many places in the city 'goat markets' have cropped up to facilitate the buyers.
In Lucknow and all over the state, special prayer of Eid ul Azha will be offered in different mosques and Eidgahs at different times ranging from 8.00 am to 11.00 am on Saturday.
The Governor B.L Joshi and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has expressed good wishes and greetings to all the citizens of the state.
Mohammad Khaliq Khan, convener of Hilal Committee of Faizabad, has appealed to the citizens of Faizabad to offer the Eid ul Azha prayers at their nearest mosques instead of going to the Eidgah. He said, this will help revive the peace and harmony in Faizabad, a city of 'Ganga Jamuni Culture'.
President, Vice President and Prime Minister have greeted the nation on the occasion of Idu’l Zuha.
In his message, President Pranab Mukherjee has said that the festival epitomizes the noble values of sacrifice, trust and forgiveness. He wished, this unique festival will inspire the people to sacrifice selfish interests in the larger interest of the country as a whole.
The Vice President M. Hamid Ansari has said the celebration of Idu’l Zuha reminds the cherished human values of compassion, sharing and sacrifice. He also called upon the countrymen to firmly resolve to build a peaceful, harmonious, fraternal and progressive society.
Greeting the people, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh said that the festival reminds the importance of charity and sacrifice and people should reaffirm their resolve to strengthen the bonds of brotherhood.
