The largest Eid-ul-Fitr congregation of the country was held on the historic Sholakia Eidgah in Kishoreganj on Tuesday.
Over 350,000 devotees offered the prayers amid stringent security measures.
Former director of Islamic Foundation and noted alem Maulana Faird Uddin Masud conducted the congregation at 10am.
Three gunshots were fired in the sky prior to starting the prayers as part of taking preparation.
A special prayer was offered seeking peace, welfare and prosperity of the mankind and the nation.
Devotees were allowed to enter the ground through 28 entrance gates after undergoing a thorough search.
The entire ground was brought under a four-tier security net with deployment of large numbers of law enforcers including police, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and different intelligence personnel.
Special trains operated on Bhairab-Kishoreganj and Kishoreganj-Mymensingh routes on the occasion.
Different TV channels covered the congregation live.
The first congregation on this ground was held in 1828 when a local Dewan, called Sayeed Ahmed (R) of Haibatnagar Dewan Bari of the town, conducted Eid congregation on one of the fields of his own “Taluk” (revenue zone).
The name of Sholakia came from "Shoa Lakh" where 125,000 people joined the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers.
Having about seven acres of land, the Eidgah maidan stands on the bank of Narosunda River.
