Muslims celebrate Eid Al Adha

New Delhi, Nov 28: Muslims all over the world celebrate the festival of Eid Al Adha on Saturday, Nov 28, marking the end of of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting.

People across the Gulf region celebrated Eid Al Adha, the festival of sacrifice on Friday, Nov 27 to marks the culmination of the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Millions of pilgrims from all over the world gathered at the mount Arafat near Mecca for the final leg of the Hajj on Friday, Nov 27.

This year, the Hajj has been marred by heavy rains that flooded many cities, the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia is the worst affected.

Eid al-Adha, the festival of Sacrifice, commemorates Prophet's readiness to sacrifice his own son in obedience to God.

According to the Holy Quran, God appeared in Prophet Ibrahim's dream and asked him to sacrifice something that was most dear to him.

Prophet Ibrahim decided to sacrifice his own son, Ismail. However, when he put a knife on Ismail's throat, God replaced his son with a goat through a miracle.

Consequently, it has become a tradition to slaughter livestock and feed the poor to mark the occasion.

However, the muslims in the Indian state of Kerala

ANI