It was not just another Iftaar (evening meal) at Jama Masjid. Muslims came in huge numbers to mark Jumatul Vida, the last Friday in Ramzan. Jama Masjid saw a huge congregation of Muslims at the Jumma Namaz.
I reached minutes before sunset to the sound of the evening prayers. Making my way through the crowd, I found myself at the centre. While a few people were amused by the weird camera (360 degree camera on a monopod-mount), others noted that I didn’t have food with me.
As I tried to set my camera, my eyes met those of a family who was eating. They offered me a bite of their food. It looked tasty, but I had to decline the offer in fear of soiling my equipment.
I took a few more pictures and then moved through the crowd, which was now offering prayers. I was with a colleague who was taking pictures outside the mosque, while I was taking a few inside it. People were coming in and out the mosque but the place remained crowded till 8 pm.
![Ramzan nears a bittersweet end as the Juma-tul-Wida marked the last Friday of this sacred month.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2017-06%2F450c883b-0e8e-457a-b31e-3cde72f307f5%2Fef5e15b7-046d-48a9-b12c-ce3a98ed28c7.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
While people prayed inside the mosque, food stalls started preparing meals for the fasting people to come out and eat.
![Ramzan nears a bittersweet end as the Juma-tul-Wida marked the last Friday of this sacred month.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2017-06%2Fac3c9c0e-7910-424b-bba6-18d21381751b%2F126f5062-8ded-4c42-bcfd-1462dc3debae.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
Iftaar is usually associated with delicious food and this evening could not be any different. We came out of the mosque and bee-lined for the food stalls. We weren’t remotely disappointed.
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