Hyderabad, May 24 -- Festivals often bring prosperity to many, and with Eid-ul-Adha (Bakrid) approaching, Hyderabad's travelling knife sharpeners have returned to the city to cash in on the festive demand.

"We earn a lot of money in the run-up to the festival by visiting the households and sharpening the knives or repairing them," says Shaik Farooq, a knife sharpener from the Ardhapur area of Nanded district.

Travelling from hundreds of kilometres, they make sure that Hyderabadi households have the sharpest knives to prepare a plethora of iconic dishes.

Arriving from Beed, Parbhani, Nanded and Latur districts of Maharashtra, a week before the Eid al-Adha, the knife sharpeners make their services available right at your doorstep.

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