Awadh may pride itself on Nawabi culture and biryani, but a few Muslims chose a blood free Eid this year in Lucknow.

The Awadh unit of Muslim Rashtriya Manch, an RSS backed organisation refused to sacrifice cattle for today's Bakr-Eid. A goat will still be cut - a 5 kg goat shaped cake.

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The 5 kg cake will get a jhatka treatment at the Manch's Awadh office. At home, the Muslim workers have promised to not cook biryani, instead enjoying Eid by offering sewaiyan and dahi vada to their loved ones.

"We can sacrifice our children too for Allah but it is not right to kill a goat without any reason and eat its meat"

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Awadh Prant convener Raees Khan told Indian Express that the gesture was a message to society "Bakr-Eid can be celebrated also by cutting a cake just like people celebrate birth anniversaries,". Co-convener Hasan Kausar said, "The Bakr-Eid festival spreads a message of humanity."

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