In pics: India celebrates Eid with great fervor

Eid-ul-Fitr, which marks the culmination of the fasting month of Ramzan is being celebrated across the country on Saturday with fervor, gaitey. People are offering prayers and exchanging gift with friends on this occasion.

Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is observed as a fasting period by Muslims who abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset and it culminates in Eid celebrations.

Here are some pics of Eid-ul-Fitr

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Jaipur-Delhi Highway

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Jaipur-Delhi Highway near Idgah in Jaipur on Saturday.

Police personnel offer roses to Muslims on Eid

Police personnel offer roses to Muslims to greet them on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr festival in Karad, Maharashtra on Saturday

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Idgah

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Idgah in Jaipur on Saturday

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offers namaz in New Delhi

Union Minister of State for Parliamentary & Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offering namaz at Kashmere Gate Masjid in New Delhi on the occasion of Eid.

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Jaipur-Delhi Highway

Muslims offer Eid prayers at Jaipur-Delhi Highway near Idgah in Jaipur on Saturday.

Uttar Pradesh greets Muslims on Eid in Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav greeting Muslims on the Eid-ul-Fitr festival at Eidgah in Lucknow on Saturday.

President receives Eid-ul-Fitr greeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan

President Pranab Mukherjee receiving Eid-ul-Fitr greeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.

Muslims offer Eid prayers in Hyderabad

Muslims offering Eid prayers at Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on Saturday.