Overview

• Eid al-Adha was observed on June 6 in Gulf states and on June 7 in India, coinciding with the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
• The festival honors Prophet Ibrahim’s readiness to sacrifice his son, expressed through the ritual (qurbani) of animal sacrifice.
• Thousands gathered for Eid prayers at sites from Masjid al-Haram and Masjid an-Nabawi to Jama Masjid in Delhi, Eidgah Maidans in Mysuru and Hyderabad.
• Sacrificed animals’ meat was divided into three portions for families, friends and the needy, reflecting the festival’s emphasis on charity.
• Delhi officials deployed extra police patrols, banned illegal slaughter of protected animals and outlawed public broadcasts of sacrificial rituals.