Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s3.t3.20

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Muslim Festivals.—Speaking from the orthodox viewpoint, Muslim life as a whole has little room for any kind of social festivals. Large numbers make the pilgrimage to Mecca and others attend the *Id* prayers. But in every case, the atmosphere of these religious gatherings is too sombre and austere to call them social festivals. However, Indian environment and tradition were bound to react in course of time on this rigidity of Muslim ritual. As a result, although the form of the orthodox religious congregations remained, their nature and purpose underwent a great deal of modification in the environment of Hindustan. Other new festivals were super-imposed on the Muslim Calendar which were predominantly social and indigenous.