Since the moon was not sighted, the Ramazan festival will be held on the 21st.

The Sri Lankan Muslim community is preparing to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, also known as the Ramadan festival, a very special religious festival in the Islamic calendar, this time on the upcoming Saturday, the 21st. The Grand Mosque of Colombo has officially announced that this decision was made due to the inability to sight the new moon today.

The main purpose of this festival is to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan, observed through strict religious practices, abstaining from food and water from dawn till sunset for a month. Accordingly, this day, which comes after the sacrifices made by Muslim devotees to enhance their spiritual purity and self-discipline, brings them great religious as well as social value.

With the dawn of Eid al-Fitr, it is customary for Muslims to adorn new clothes and proceed to mosques or open grounds to engage in special religious services and congregational prayers. Additionally, offering charity, or 'Zakat al-Fitr', to the poor and needy to the best of one's ability, is considered a noble act of charity that is mandatory during this festival.

Sharing joy with family members, relatives, and friends, as well as forgetting old grievances and fostering goodwill with neighbors, is particularly observed on Eid al-Fitr. Sri Lankan Muslims also prepare special sweets and dishes unique to Sri Lankan culture, such as Watalappan and Biryani, and share the beauty and joy of this festival with their friends of other faiths.