Pratibha Patil celebrate
Image Mumbai 脗路 Sep 21 2009 12:00AM
Muslims present a shawl to President Pratibha Patil while her husband Devi Singh Shekhawat looks on, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr festival celebration at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Monday, 21 September 2009. The Eid al-Fitr festival marks the end of Muslim"s holy fasting month of Ramadan when practicing Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking activities from dawn to dusk. Eid ul-Fitr is a three day celebration and is sometimes also known as the "Smaller Eid" as compared to the Eid ul-Adha that lasts four days and is called the "Greater Eid".