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Sholakia is an area close to Kishoreganj town in Bangladesh. It is well known for its Eidgah where the biggest assembly of Eid supplication in Bangladesh is hung on the event of Eid ul-Fitr, the day of festivity after the Ramadan
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Sholakia Eidgah holds the largest congregation of Eid prayer in Bangladesh on the occasion of Eid-Ul-Fitr. It is a locality near Kishoreganj town in Bangladesh. Every year, around 400,000 people join the Eid prayer in Sholakia Eidgah. The Eidgah falls on the bank of river Narosunda and is reported to be 7 acres in size. It accommodates 250 rows or about 150 of participants for every congregation
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Everyone knows the name of Sholakia for its infamous Eidgah! Every year around 4 hundred thousand people join the Eid prayers in this place. An equal number of participants take part in the prayer using the fields, roads and courtyards around the Eidgah. The place becomes very festive during the Eid prayers as everyone gets to pray together, a form of reunion is held. The local myth says that 125,000 people turned out at that congregation, hence the name Sholakia ('shoa' meaning one and a quarter, and 'lakh' meaning a hundred thousand)
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