Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 18: Shab-e-Qadr was observed with religious fervour and gaiety last night with people attending night long prayers in Masjids and shrines across Kashmir.
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It is the night when the Quran was revealed and praying in this night is considered to be equal to praying for 1000 months. This is one of the holiest and most blessed nights, which is likely to occur on one of the odd nights in the last 10 days of Ramzan and most likely to be the 27th of the holy month, during which Muslims spend the whole night attending the religious gatherings and praying all night till dawn.
People thronged Masjids and shrines across the Valley for prayers and recitation of the holy Quran.
Thousands of people gathered at Hazratbal and other mosques and shrines across the Valley, including at the ‘Dast-e-Geer Sahib’ and Sayed Yaqoob Shah shrines here to offer special prayers.
Congregational night prayers were allowed by authorities at historic Jamia Masjid Nowhatta after a hiatus of almost four years. A huge gathering was witnessed at the mosque, who remained engrossed in supplications and recitals of the holy Quran throughout the night.
The nightlong prayers were also held at other Masjids and shrines in Srinagar including at Masjid Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith Gawkadal; Asar-e-Sharif Janab Sahib Soura; Asar-e-Sharif Shehri Kalashpora; Ziarat-e-Makhdoom Sahib (RA), Khanqah-e-Maula.
District administration Srinagar had put in place special arrangements while control rooms were also established at Dargah Hazratbal shrine and other places to redress grievances or complaints of devotees.
In North Kashmir, the prayers were held at Jamia Masjid Bandipora, Jamia Masjid Baramulla, Jamia Masjid Kupwara, Masjid-ul-Murshideen Bumhama, Jamia Masjid Handwara and other local Masjids.
In South Kashmir, prayers were held at Jamia Masjid Hanfia, Jamia Masjid Ahle Hadith, Bait-ul-Mukarram and Rehat-Ded Masjid in Anantnag town. The prayers were also offered in Ziarat-e-Sharief Khiram Kund, Aishmuqam and Bijbehara areas.
In Kulgam, the biggest nightlong prayer gathering was seen in Jamia Masjid. Large congregational prayer gatherings were also witnessed in Khankah Tral, Jamia Masjid Shopian and Jamia Masjid Pulwama.
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