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Shillong: Eid-ul-Adha, also known as Bakrid, was celebrated on Monday with fervour and enthusiasm across Meghalaya, predominantly a Christian State. Thousands of men and children offered prayers at Eidgahs and mosques in Shillong, Dawki, Nongpoh, Lad Rymbai and Byrnihat and the Garo Hills. “We prayed for peace and harmony in our country and in the world so that people from across religious faiths live in peace,” Shillong Muslim Union General Secretary Alhaj Sayeedullah Nongrum said. After the prayers, Muslims sacrificed goats and other “halal” animals to commemorate the sacrifice made by Prophet Ibrahim. Roy hoped that “the festival will promote peace, prosperity and harmony in the state”..