Srinagar: ‘Shab-e-Barat’ was in the night intervening Friday and Saturday observed across the Kashmir valley with night-long prayers at major mosques and shrines.
Devotees thronged mosques and shrines on Friday night to pray and participate in the recitation of the Holy Quran, while preachers and religious scholars highlighted the importance of the night and the teachings of Islam.
‘Shab-e-Barat’ is observed by Muslims on the intervening night of 14th and 15th Sha’ban the eighth month of the Islamic calendar.