Kashmiri Muslims recite Al-Quran during the Khatam Al-Quran ceremony in a mosque on Monday, 5th Ramadan, in Srinagar summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Islam’s holiest month of Ramadan is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Khatam Al-Quran is a ceremony normally held by Muslims towards the end of the Ramadan. The observance marks the completion of the reading the 30 chapters (Juzuk) of the Al-Quran.

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