In Coimbatore, 40,000 People Observe Eid-e-Milad Together With A Biryani Feast – News18

On September 16, Eid-e-Milad was celebrated all over the world. It is also known as Mawlid and is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. It is an important day for Sunni and Shia Muslims. To mark the occasion, in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, a grand feast was held and as a part of the celebrations, about 40,000 people were a part of a biryani feast. To celebrate the birth of the Islamic prophet, Muslims around the world celebrate the day with utmost pomp and grandeur. In Coimbatore, a grand feast was organised and 40,000 people were served with mutton biryani. More than 400 goats, over 2,500 kilograms of biryani rice and tons of other ingredients like tomatoes, curry leaves and coriander leaves were used. Around 300 cooks were a part of the celebrations as they prepared the biryani in huge vessels.

The delicious mutton biryani was prepared on a grand scale and was distributed to the general public in areas like Ukkadam, GM Nagar, Kottaimedu and Karumbukadai by the mosque administrators and Islamic organisations as part of the Milad-un-Nabi feast. Before the feast, special prayers and services were held at the mosque during the night.

Eid-e-Milad is celebrated in almost all Islamic countries and in those countries with significant Muslim populations like Ethiopia, India, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Iraq, Iran, Maldives, Morocco, Jordan, Libya, Russia and Canada. In India, Hyderabad is known for carrying out grand celebrations on this day. Apart from that, to mark the day, Muslims gather for religious meetings, offer their night-long prayers, hold rallies and parades and decorations are put out throughout the city. In fact, in many places, schools declare this day as a holiday.