Daijiworld News Network – Mangalore (VM), pics by Dayanand Kukkaje and Durga Digitals
Mangalore, Dec 31: Bakrid was celebrated with ritualistic fervour in and around Mangalore on Sunday.
Bakrid is an important festival of Muslims falling in the last month of Islamic Calendar. It is also called as Id-Ul-Zuha, which coincides with the Haj pilgrimage at Mecca. The significance of the festival is the commemoration of the ordeals of Prophet Ibrahim.
Thousands of Muslim brethren offered prayers at the Mosques and greeted one another with an embrace.