Hyderabad, May 23 -- Juma-tul-Vida prayers were not offered at any of the major mosques including Mecca Masjid and Jama Masjid in Hyderabad. The first time in 423 years of Mecca Masjid at Charminar has not observed the congregational Juma-tul-Vida prayers on Friday owing to the COVID-19 lockdown. Any of the mosques in the city have not witnessed any gatherings on the last Friday of Ramadan.

Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, which would witness a gathering of nearly 1 lakh on Juma-tul-Vida every year, wore a deserted look in view of the COVID-19 lockdown and followed the government orders which bans congregation at religious places.

The iconic structure Charminar has been the centre of every happening of the fasting month Ramadan include breaki...