Eid-ul-Adha 2021: India to celebrate Bakrid on July 21

July 12, 2021

Eid-ul-Adha or Bakrid will be celebrated on July 21 this year across the country. The announcement was made on Sunday evening by Islamic organisations after the new moon was not sighted in India.
Jama Masjid’s Naib Shahi Imam Syed Shaban Bukhari confirmed that the Bakrid 2021 will be celebraed on July 21.
According to Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the crescent moon for the month of Zul Hijjah was sighted on Sunday evening. This meant that the first day of Zul Hijjah will be on July 12, 2021 while Eid-ul-Adha or the qurbaani for Bakra Eid will be marked by the Muslims in India on July 21, 2021.
In Lucknow, Maulana Khalid Rasheed of Markazi Chand Committee Farangi Mahali confirmed the sighting of the Zul Hijjah crescent. Accordingly, the first day of Zul Hijjah will be marked on July 12, 2021 and Bakra Eid will be celebrated on July 21, 2021, he said in a statement.

In Kerala, the ‘Samastha Kerala Jem Iyyathul Ulma’, quoting religious scholars, announced the date as July 21 despite the non-sighting of the moon.
The announcement in Kerala was made jointly by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) supremo Panakkad Hyderali Shihab Thangal, Samastha president Muhammed Jiffri Muthukoya Thangal and other senior clerics.