Bakrid or Eid-ul-Adha was celebrated across India today. Iconic locations like the Taj Mahal were seen brimming with devotees offering their prayers. Photo: PTI
Muslims are seen offering prayers at the historic Jama Masjid in the Walled city in Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.
Scenes at the Firoz Shah Kotla in Delhi on the occassion of Bakrid. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.
In Hubli, devotees gathered at the Idagah Maidan next to Rani Chennamma circle to offer their prayers. Photo: Kiran Bakale
A boy reacts as a man applies kohl on his eye after prayers during Bakrid, in Mumbai. Photo: AP
Many children joined the prayers, including this boy at the Jama Masjid in Delhi. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar.
A child enjoys playing with a baloon as others wait for the prayer meeting to begin at Chamarajpet in Bangalore. Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar
Some, however, had to be convinced by their siblings to pray. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty in Kolkata
The sibling then resorts to stricter measures, which evokes a response from the child, but not what she expected. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty
It is now the boy's turn for payback. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty
Alls well that ends well as they greet other traditionally. Photo: Ashoke Chakrabarty