People and Places Photography Competition - 1st Place

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Joy Saha's from Dhaka, Bangladhesh image entitled 'Prayer on road' was awarded 1st place.

Joy explains

That's great news, thank you.

The image (Prayer on road) is taken at the Bishwa Ijtema held at Tongi, Dhaka, Bangladesh. “Bishwa Ijtema” the World or Global Congregation is an annual Tablighi Jamaat Islamic movement congregation held at Tongi, Bangladesh by the river Turag. It is one of the largest peaceful gatherings in the world.The Ijtema is a prayer meeting spread over three days, during which attending devotees perform daily prayers while listening to scholars reciting and explaining verses from the Quran. This picture portrays Jummah Prayer(the Friday prayer) at the religious event Ijtema. Dedicated prayer grounds are not large enough to handle this huge number of people, so people come to Tongi, the main street of Dhaka. All the ground transportation and pedestrian crossings are suspended during that time. I used Canon 80D attached with Canon 18-135 mm lens to capture the shot.