India celebrates Bakrid

Muslims across the country offered prayers on the auspicious occasion of Bakrid on Wednesday.

Bakrid is the Muslim festival of sacrifice and marks the end of Haj Pilgrimage. Indians are offering prayers and awaiting the Eid special delicacies of 'Gosht' and 'Biriyani'. IN PIC: New-Delhi Muslims gather to offer 'Eid prayers' on early Wednesday morn 

Coimbatore Muslim women offer prayers on the occasion of Bakrid festival of sacrifice at a school ground in Coimbatore on Wednesday Aug 22 2018. (Photo | PTI)

Chennai Muslims offer their Bakrid prayer at the Triplicane Mosque in Chennai on Wednesday.(Photo | EPS/ Ashwin Prasath)

Sheep for sale at Vyasarpadi in Chennai on ahead of Bakrid celebrations. ( Photo|EPS)

A man takes his goats home ahead of the sacrificial Bakrid festival in New Delhi. (Photo|AFP)

Muslim men dressed in Kurtas enter Delhi's Jama Masjid for offering Bakrid prayers on early Wednesday morning. (Photo | EPS/ Parveen Negi)

Muslims in Kolkata gather on the auspicious occassion of Bakrid to donate for the Kerala Flood victims. (Photo | PTI)

Muslims offering prayers at the Taj Mahal, Agra on Bakrid. (Photo | PTI)

Members of Dawoodi Bohra community offers Bakrid prayers in Bhopal. (Photo | PTI)