Ramadan in India

Indian Muslim devotees sit in rows just before breaking the fast for the third day of Ramadhan at Jamia Masjid Khairuddin mosque in the northern city of Amritsar, 25 August, 2009. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and indulging in anything that is in excess or ill-natured; from dawn until dusk