PHOTO STORY: Eid Mubarak from Delhi
The prayer gathering at Jama Masjid for Eid al-Fitr sees the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan
![The community-wide prayer service on Eid al-Fitr in the morning is followed by meals with friends and family (photo: Vipin/National Herald)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Fb55ce676-ef01-45ea-b92d-bb69041f88bd%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_04_11_at_7_30_05_AM__1_.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress)
![Eid al-Fitr is the Arabic name for the holiday, though it goes by many other names in other languages (photo: Vipin/National Herald)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Fec133fca-fe5b-422d-9323-b9087c73b9f4%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_04_11_at_7_30_07_AM__1_.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress)
![Eid al-Fitr is celebrated during the first 3 days of Shawwal, which is the tenth month of the Islamic lunar calendar (photo: Vipin/National Herald)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2F947bdafd-62c6-4a00-b5dc-5e9803fed7af%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_04_11_at_7_30_06_AM__1_.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress)
![Eid-ul-Fitr, the 'festival of breaking the fast,' is a time of unity and gratitude at the conclusion of Ramzan (photo: Vipin/National Herald)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Fc3b3ef5c-3058-491c-af74-315f454a7049%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_04_11_at_7_30_06_AM.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress)
![Felicitations of Eid Mubarak resound after the prayers, as the community embrace each other, even strangers, in a show of goodwill and fraternity. (photo: Vipin/National Herald)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Fb8c6e50b-a2e1-44c3-a77c-dd4b007caaa1%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_04_11_at_7_30_05_AM__2_.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress)
![This celebration is also a day for Muslims to practise gratitude and generosity, to be extended to the less fortunate through zakat, one of the five pillars of Islamic values (photo: Vipin/National Herald)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-04%2Fca6531f1-2850-40f6-9f5c-c986e89a10e0%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_04_11_at_7_30_00_AM.jpeg?auto=format%2Ccompress)
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