Muslims across the country are celebrating Edi-ul-Fitr with zest and zeal by organizing various programs today.
The great festival of the Islamic community is being observed by reciting special Namaz, offering prayers in mosque, receiving blessings from the elders and giving blessings to juniors.
The festival marks the conclusion of a month-long fasting of the Muslims during the month of Ramadan, falls on the first day of the tenth month according to the Arabic calendar.
The festival is celebrated on the next day after the completion of the 30-day fast. On this day, Muslims devotees converge mainly in the mosque or any outdoor location in the early morning for Edi prayer and break their fast feasting on delicacies.
Families and friends gather to mark the end of a month-long fast 'Ramadan' and exchange Eid Mubarak (greetings) as well as gifts. According to the National Census-2078, the Muslim community shares 5.9 percent of the total population of Nepal.
Although there is a mosque for Muslims in Kathmandu, it lacks spacious meeting halls to offer Namaz and for cultural activities together, he complained.
