Eid-ul-Fitr 2021: India celebrates Eid amid COVID pandemic - In pics

The much-revered Eid-ul-Fitr (Eid-al-Fitr) festival is being celebrated in India today (May 14, 2021). Saudi Arabia, UAE, North America, which started fasting one day before Indians, celebrated Eid on May 13, 2021, respectively. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic's second deadly wave in the country, celebrations remained low key and coronavirus protocol followed. Muslim clerics also urged people to act in accordance with the present times and observe a private Eid this year. On Eid, let's take a look at how the nation celebrated the festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan or Ramzan as per the Islamic calendar:

PICTURE CAPTION: Muslims greet each other on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, during the ongoing COVID-induced lockdown, near Jama Masjid in New Delhi, Friday, May 14, 2021. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi offering Namaz on the occasion of the Eid-Al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, in New Delhi on Friday.

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A man plays with his son at a Madrasa on the occasion of the Eid-Al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Meerut on Friday. (ANI Photo)

Jama Masjid, also known as Jumah Mosque, wears a deserted look on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, during the second wave of COVID-19, in Ahmedabad, Friday, May 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

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Muslim devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, during the ongoing COVID-induced lockdown, at their residence in Ajmer, Friday, May 14, 2021.

Muslim devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, during the COVID-19 curfew imposed to curb coronavirus cases, in Bhopal, Friday, May 14, 2021. 

Police officers stand guard on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, to maintain law and order in Lucknow, Friday, May 14, 2021. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

A deserted view of the Jama Masjid mosque during Eid-ul-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)

Paramilitary personnel stand guard in a street near the Jama Masjid mosque during the Eid-al-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)

People embrace on the rooftop of their house during the Eid-al-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan amid the rise in COVID-19 cases, in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)