Muslims offering namaz on the occasion of Id at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata on Thursday morning.
| Photo Credit: Shrabana Chatterjee
Kolkata’s Id-ul-Azha celebrations this year were marked by a major shift in venue, moving from the traditional Red Road to the Brigade Parade Ground for the morning prayers. The festival also witnessed no public slaughter of animals after a May 13 notification by the West Bengal government banned the same.Trinamool Congress MLA from Kasba constituency, Javed Khan, visited the Brigade Ground to offer his prayers on Id-ul-Azha on Thursday (May 28, 2026) morning. “None of us is outside the law. We are all citizens here. Have to abide by whatever law the current government passes,” Mr. Khan said about the venue shifting.Mallick Md. Ishak, joint secretary, Calcutta Khilafat Committee, the organisers of the Id namaz offerings at the Brigade Ground, told The Hindu that they were happy to offer namaz at the new venue. “We happily read the namaz here. We are thankful to the administration and police for helping us organise and shift the venue here,” Mr. Ishak said.
Hundreds gathered on the ground early on Thursday, May 28, 2026, in crisp white clothes to offer their prayers.
