Srinagar, June 7 -- For the seventh consecutive year, authorities in Srinagar did not allow Eid-ul-Adha prayers at the historic Eidgah ground and Jamia Masjid in the old city of J&K's Summer Capital on Saturday.

The gates of Jamia Masjid were locked early in the morning, and police personnel were deployed outside to prevent entry.

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid, the managing body of the grand mosque, expressed deep regret over the decision, calling it a repeated denial of the fundamental right to religious freedom in a Muslim-majority region.

Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, who was also placed under house arrest, strongly condemned the move. Taking to social media platform X, he said: "Eid Mubarak! Yet again, Kashmir wakes up...