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South Asian term for an open-air Eid prayer enclosure

Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah (Persian: عیدگاه "site of Eid [observances]"; Bengali: ঈদগাহ; Punjabi: عید گاہ; Urdu: عید گاہ; Hindi: ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at the outskirts) reserved for Eid prayers offered in the morning of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

It is usually a public place that is not used for prayers at other times of the year.^[1] On the day of Eid, the first thing Muslims do in the morning is gather usually at a large open ground and offer special prayers,^[2][3] in accordance with the Sunnah (traditions of Muhammad).^[4] Although the usage of the term Eidgah is of Indian origin, it may be used for the musalla, the open space outside a mosque, or other open grounds where Eid prayers are performed, due to the lack of a specific Islamic term for a site of Eid obse