Eid-ul-Fitr: Charity begins online for many Muslims in Trichy

TRICHY: Amid the Covid-19 lockdown, Muslims in Trichy turned to online mode to give zakat (charity) to the needy on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday.
Many people celebrated Eid with a realisation that charity is more important now than it was before as several people have lost jobs due to the lockdown.
Most of them preferred online transaction to help the needy. Most of them transferred money to the bank accounts of charity homes.Also, some of them distributed essential items to the needy in their locality.
“It is a different Eid from those we celebrated before. We still managed to do the charity amid the lockdown,” Mohamed Isham, a resident said.
The open grounds near Thennur Uzhavar Sandhai and Eid Ka ground in Cantonment that usually accommodate mass prayers appeared deserted with the Muslims refraining from praying in groups as part of precautionary measures to ward off Covid-19.
Special prayers were performed on rooftops, backyards and inside home in the morning.