Bangladesh’s biggest Eid congregation held at Solakia

Last updated: August 21, 2012
Kishoreganj, Bangladesh (BBN)- The country's biggest Eid congregation was held at Sholakhia Eidgah in Kishoreganj district.
Around 400,000 Muslims from remote places of the country and even abroad gathered there to perform their Eid prayers.
Chairman of Islahul Muslimeen Council and Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Ulema Maulana Md Fariduddin Masud conducted the Eid Jamaat. 
Sholakia has been hosting the congregations of both Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha for the last 85 year.
As in every year, Muslims from India, Pakistan and almost all parts of the country attended the 185th congregation of Eid-ul-Fitr at the historic Eidgah, said Deputy Commissioner (DC) Siddiqur Rahman who is also the president of the executive committee of Sholakia Eidgah.
 
BBN/SSR/AD-21Aug12-12:01 pm (BST) 
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