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Ramadan 2022: See how Muslims in India gear up for their holiest month: PICS

Ramadan is the holiest Islamic month.

Updated:Apr 03, 2022, 11:05 AM IST

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Ramadan 2022: India gears up for the holy month

The ninth month of the Islamic calendar Ramadan, is considered to be the holiest by Muslims across the globe. Ramdan or Ramzan officially begins at the first sighting of the waxing crescent after the new moon, leading to different countries declaring its start a day apart most of the time. While Saudi Arabia, UAE and USA began Ramadan on Friday evening, India ringed in the holy month on Saturday evening (April 2). Muslims belive, that it was the month of Ramadan when Prophet Muhammad was first revealed Quran by angel Jibreel (Gabriel). Believers from dusk to dawn during the holy month and abstain from sins and bad behaviour and conduct. It is also the month of charity where Muslims give out alms to poor and needy. Check out photos of different cities in India celebrating Ramzan. (Pics courtesy: ANI and IANS)

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Ramadan celebration in Hyderabad

Devotees offer prayers after Markazi Ruyat E Hilaal Committee Sadar Majlis Ulema E Deccan Ka Elaan announces the sighting of the crescent moon in the back drop of historic Makkah Masjid which marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan in the old city of Hyderabad on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

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Ramadan celebration in Srinagar, Kashmir

A woman shops for dates and dry fruits at a matter on the eve of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Srinagar on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

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Delhi's Jama Masjid lights up for Ramadan

An illuminated view of Jama Masjid in Delhi on the eve of the start of the holy month of Ramadan, on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

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Women shop in Hyderabad for Ramzan

Women shop for dates and other food items on the eve of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Hyderabad on Saturday. (ANI)

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Shops stock up in Bihar for Ramzan

A street vendor carrying food items for sale on the eve of the first day of the holy month of Ramadan, in Patna on Saturday. (ANI Photo)

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Shopkeepers see rush in Guwahati, Assam in Ramadan 2022

Street vendors arrange dried fruits and vermicelli at a market on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan in Guwahati on Apr 2,2022.(IANS Photo)

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UP's capital Lucknow comes alive during Ramzan

Women shop for dates and other food items ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan, at the city market, in Lucknow on Friday. (ANI Photo)

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After two years of pandemic, jam-packed congregational prayer takes place at Delhi's Red Fort

After two years of fighting the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, congregational prayers again takes place at Delhi's Red Fort.