29 Shariatpur villages celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr today

Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated in 29 villages of Shariatpur district on Sunday, a day before the rest of the country will observe the festival.

Sureswar shrine peer (spiritual guide) Syed Touhidul Hossain Shaheen Nuri said around 50 lakh people of 29 villages in six upazilas are celebrating the festival of breaking fast with fervour and solemnity.

This year they performed the Eid prayers at the shrine mosque instead of its yard in Naria upazila as the government asked the Muslims not to hold Eid jamaat at Eigdah or open space to curb the coronavirus transmission, he said.

All devotees and murid (committed one) of Sureswar peer's dargah have been observing Ramadan fasting and Eid-ul-Fitr for around 100 years to coincide with Saudi Arabia., Shaheen Nuri added.