A Kashmiri vendor displays dried dates in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar. Keeping the religious teachings of the Prophet Muhammad alive the dates are used to break the fast along with Babri tresh (Basil seeds). In most cases, these seeds are soaked in water and are taken, and in a few cases, they can also be taken with milk.
Auqib Javeed, TwoCircles.net
Children at an orphanage centre with Sharbat-a specially made sweet drink and dates waiting to break their fast. In this month people in large numbers throughout the valley visit these centres to feed the orphansPeople purchase dates from a street vendor at Srinagar’s commercial hub, Lal Chowk. People of the valley buy items like dates to end their fast at Iftaar in Ramzan. Dates are available at almost every grocery store. Most of the street vendors switch to the selling of dates during this month. The markets in the valley especially in Lal Chowk remain flooded with fresh fruits as well as dry fruits, dates, and pickles during the entire month of the fasting.
Kashmiri Women reciting Quran at Khanqah-e-Maula shrine. Besides men, women also throng to various Shrines and mosques dotted throughout the valley. A special arrangement is made for the women devotees particularly for Iftaar and Taraweeh.Kashmiri Muslims are seen reciting the Holy Quran during the Khatam Al-Quran ceremony in a mosque in Srinagar. Islam’s holiest month of Ramadan is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Khatam Al-Quran is a ceremony normally held by Muslims towards the end of the Ramadan. The observance marks the completion of the reading the 30 chapters (Juzuk) of the Holy Book Quran.
Muslims offer prayers at historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on a Ramazan afternoon. Jamia Masjid is a historical mosque situated at Nowhatta in the middle of the Old City of Srinagar. In the month of Ramazan devotees from all across Kashmir make their way to the Jamia Masjid for religious deeds. In this month, all the Mosques in the valley witness the heavy rush of Muslims who assemble to offer prayers.performing ablution/ wadhu before the namazAn elderly Kashmiri Muslim recites Qur’an at a local Shrine. A scene like this is common in mosques, shrines, and homes in the month of Ramadan.
