Mangalore: The Muslim community on Wednesday celebrated Eid-ul-Adham the festival of sacrifice across Karnataka with religious fervour and gaiety.

The day began with Muslims, attired in their best, offering Eid prayers at Eidgahs or open grounds and mosques in the state.

After the prayers, Muslims sacrificed goats and other ‘halal’ animals commemorating the great sacrifice of Prophet Ibrahim and urged Muslims to follow his teachings and the Holy Quran.

Also known as Bakrid or Eid-e-Qurban, it is the second major festival of Muslims. The meat of the sacrificed animals is distributed among neighbours, relatives and the poor. Muslims also exchanged greetings with relatives and friends and treated the visitors to their homes with sweet dishes.

Muslims constitute about 10 percent of the state’s 84.6 million population.