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[Watch] Low-Key Eid Celebrations Amid COVID Curbs In Odisha’s Kendrapada

Kendrapada: Amidst the COVID-19 restrictions, Eid-ul-Fitr was celebrated in a low-key manner in Kendrapada district on Friday.

In accordance to COVID guidelines, only a maulana and four others were allowed to offer prayers in each mosque.

Other members of the Muslim community offered prayers at their homes.

The devout also distributed food and clothes to poor families on the occasion.

Meanwhile, the district administration deployed police forces at several places for security purposes, .

Notably, Eid was celebrated in a low-key manner across the country for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19.

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