Srinagar, March 14 -- Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, was marked with religious fervor and devotion, with thousands of devotees offering congregational prayers at mosques and shrines across the Valley on Friday.

Special prayers were held across Kashmir as devotees thronged religious places to seek blessings and offer supplications, with mosques and shrines reverberating with Friday sermons on the occasion.

The largest congregation was witnessed at the revered Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar, where a large number of worshippers, including men, women, and children, offered the congregational prayers, marking a significant, emotional "farewell" to the fasting month.

As per official estimates, nearly one lakh devo...