Eid Mubarak 2019: People around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr

Eid will be celebrated across India Wednesday, Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari said after a meeting of the moon-sighting committee, the moon was sighted on Tuesday. (Express photo: Partha Paul)

Muslim devotees after performing Eid-ul-Fitr Namaz in Mumbai on Wednesday. (Express photo: Pradip Das)

Muslim devotees offer Namaz at Jama Masjid on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr in New Delhi. (Express photo: Amit Mehra)

One of the little devotees carry a prayer-mat for offering Namaz at Jama Masjid on Eid-ul-Fitr at sector 20 of Chandigarh on Wednesday. (Express photo: Jasbir Malhi)

The festival of Eid was celebrated with much fanfare across the country with people thronging mosques, shrines and Eidgahs to offer prayers on the culmination of the holy month of Ramzan. (Express photo by Amit Mehra)

Pune: People offer prayers at Eidgah near Golibar maidan on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday. (Express photo by Ashish Kale)

Eid-ul-Fitr is being celebrated across India today. (Express photo: gurmeet Singh)

People offer prayers at Eidgah in Ahmedabad on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday. (Express photo: Javed Raja)

A woman during Eid namaz outside the Suffian Chowk Masjid in Ludhiana on Wednesday. (Express photo: gurmeet Singh)

People perform Eid ul-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Red Road in Kolkata. (Express photo: Partha Paul)

Eid celebrations at a Rohingya refugee camp near Kalindi Kunj in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Express photo: Gajendra Yadav)

After the holy month, if there is one thing that excites children it is the joy of receiving gifts and money from elders. (Express photo: Gajendra Yadav)

The festival falls on the first day of the month of Shawwal, which is the only day the Muslims do not need to fast. However, the festival date depends on the sighting of the new moon as well as astronomical calculations. (Express photo: Ritesh Batra)

Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations began in the UAE and Saudi Arabia Tuesday after the Shawwaal crescent moon was sighted late on Monday evening. Eid al-Fitr prayer marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramzan. (AP)

The central Asian region which includes Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr Tuesday. (AP)

Eid-ul-Fitr is an auspicious festival celebrated by Muslims around the world to mark the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. It is believed that Prophet Muhammad got the first revelation of the Holy Quran in this month. (AP)

A boy attends Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bucharest, Romania. (AP)