After going without food and water through the hot days, the faithful gather in a festive atmosphere at dusk to enjoy the communal iftar (fast-breaking meal).
The sight of a collective praying in unison and breaking bread as one people is an exhilarating one.
Rediff.com takes a look at the enthralling spectacle that is the month of Ramazan.
A combination picture shows Muslims eating iftar (breaking fast) meal during Ramadan (top) and skull caps kept on a sill at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/ Reuters
Worshippers attending Friday prayers (top) and a boy praying during Ramadan at Mohammed ibn Muslama mosque in Benghazi, Libya. Photograph: Esam Omran Al-Fetori/ Reuters
A view of the Istiqlal Mosque, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia (top) and a Muslim man reading the Koran inside Cut Mutiah Mosque during Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photograph: Darren Whiteside and Nyimas Laula/ Reuters
Afghan men attend the Friday prayers at Pul-i-Khishti mosque (top) and an Afghan man praying at Abdul Rahman Mosque during Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/ Reuters
Muslim worshippers pray outside the Gallipoli Mosque (top) and a Muslim worshipper holding beads during Ramadan at the mosque in the western Sydney suburb of Auburn, Australia. Photograph: David Gray/ Reuters
A view of the Sehitlik-Moschee mosque after Friday prayers (top) and a Muslim worshipper reading the Koran in Arabic and German on his tablet during Ramadan at the mosque in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch/ Reuters
The faithful eat their iftar meal as they break their fast in front of Al-Hussein Mosque (top) and a man attending an evening prayer at Al-Azhar Mosque during Ramadan, in the old Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/ Reuters
A man offering evening prayers at the Shah Faisal Mosque (top) and a boy reading the Koran during Ramadan at Anwar-ul-Uloom Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photograph: Faisal Mahmoo/ Reuters
Believers getting ready for Friday prayers (top) and a Muslim believer holding tesbih (prayer beads) during Ramadan in Pristina, Kosovo. Photograph: Hazir Reka/ Reuters
A combination picture shows people breaking their fast (top) and a man performing evening prayers at the Memon Mosque during Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/ Reuters
Shi'ite worshippers holding copies of the Koran on their heads (top) and a Shi'ite man holding the Koran during Ramadan at the Imam Ali Shrine, Najaf, Iraq. Photograph: Alaa Al-Marjani/ Reuters
Palestinians attend the Friday prayers (top) and a Palestinian man reading verses from the Koran during Ramadan at a mosque in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Photograph: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/ Reuters
Muslim men attend Friday prayers during Ramadan (top) and the shoes of Muslim men in the courtyard of a housing estate next to the small BBC community centre and mosque in east London, Britain. Photograph: Paul Hackett/ Reuters
People break their fast during Ramadan at Al-Sheikh Ghareeballah Mosque (top) and a man resting inside the Big Mosque in Omdurman, Sudan. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/ Reuters
Muslims attend evening prayers at Jamia Mosque (top) and a man attending Friday prayers during Ramadan in Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: Noor Khamis/ Reuters
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