Skip to main content

Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha in India

Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha in India

Id-ul-Zuha (Bakr-Id), which is also known as Eid al-Adha or Id-ul-Adha, is a festival that Muslims celebrate with special prayers, greetings and gifts. It is a gazetted holiday in India and is also referred to as the festival of sacrifice.

What Do People Do?

Id-ul-Zuha is a festival that is celebrated with traditional fervor and gaiety in India and the world. Many Muslims wear new clothes and attend an open-air prayer meeting during Id-ul-Zuha. They may sacrifice a sheep or goat and share the meat with family members, neighbors and the poor. Many Muslims feel that they have a duty to ensure that all Muslims can enjoy a meat based meal during this holiday.

Public Life

National, state and local government offices, post offices and banks are closed on Eid al-Adha. Islamic stores, businesses and other organizations may be closed or have reduced opening hours. Those wishing to use public transport on the day may need to contact the local transport authorities to check on timetables.
Large scale prayer meetings may cause local disruption to traffic. This is particularly true of areas of India with a predominantly Muslim population.

Background

Muslims around the world believe that Allah (God) commanded Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael. Ibrahim followed God's orders, but his son was replaced by a sheep at the last moment. Muslims celebrate this at Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is called Id-ul-Adha in Arabic and Bakr-Id in the Indian subcontinent, because of the tradition of sacrificing a goat or "bakri" in Urdu. The word "id" derived from the Arabic "iwd" means "festival" and "zuha" comes from "uzhaiyya" which translates to "sacrifice".

About Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha in other countries

Read more about Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha.

Bakr Id/Eid ul-Adha Observances

Note: During a gazetted holiday, government offices and most businesses are closed so people have a day off work.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Gadbade Festival

During the festival season, which starts from Raksha Bandhan and ends at Dewali, there are countless festivals celebrated in India. Gadbade festival is also one of them. Gadbade festival is a forgotten festival just like the Sanjhi Mata festival. Similar to the Sanjhi Mata festival, Gadbade festival is also celebrated in North India especially in the Punjab and Haryana. What is the Significance of Celebrating Gadbade Festival Gadbade festival is celebrated on  Sharad Purnima, which  generally comes during the month of October or November.  This is the full moon night, which comes just few days earlier of Dewali festival. Sharad Purnima has its own importance in Hindu religion. It is believed that Moon light of Sharad Purnima is very pure. People worship the Moon light with different methods and celebrating the Gadbade festival is one of them. According to the history goddess Lakshmi was born on Sharad Purnima and celebrating the Gadbade festival can bring more...
Post a Comment
Read more

Maharishi Valmiki

Essay On Maharishi Valmiki for Students Valmiki, is a great Indian sage and a celebrated poet known in Sanskrit literature. He is marked as ‘Adi Kavi’, who is famous for his first epic poem, ‘Ramayana’. Initially, Ramayana consisted of 24,000 shlokas and 7 cantos including Uttara Kanda. Ramayana, is an epic story of Lord Rama, Prince of Ayodhya. This narrates the story of Lord Ram’s childhood days, his marriage to Sita, Exile of Lord Ram along with his wife and brother, Abduction of Sita by Demon Ravana and Lord Ram’s victory over Ravana, during his Battle in Lanka. It is said that Lord Rama met Valmiki during his exile period and it is also said that Valmiki provided shelter to Sita and her two sons Lava and Kusha, when Lord Rama banished her, upon return from Lanka. Valmiki also taught Kusha and Lava the Ramayana, which was later sung by them in the court of Ayodhya, during the Ashwamedha yajna arranged by Lord Rama. Following this, Lord Rama inquired about the song and visite...
Post a Comment
Read more

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

India's former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born on December 25, 1924 in Gwalior. He was the first head of government from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term, as a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A Padma Vibhushan awardee, he is also a recipient of India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, which was conferred on him in 2015. Perceived to be an astute statesman and political leader, his birthday was declared 'Good Governance Day'. Vajpayee is also admired for his poetry. He passed away at the age of 93 on August 16, 2018, at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Post a Comment
Read more