In Pictures: Madrassas Unfurl Tricolour, Celebrate Independence Day

Students in Madrassa in Uttarakhand's Roorkee celebrate the Independence Day. (Photo: Facebook)

Patriotic fervour gripped the nation on the 71st Independence Day today as people from came together to celebrate the occasion underlining the spirit of unity in diversity. (Photo: Facebook)

Students create an outline of India with human chain and colors in a Madrassa in Uttarakhand's Roorkee. (Photo: Facebook)

Students, teachers and others participate in Independence Day celebration at a Madrasah in Roorkee on Tuesday. Photo: Facebook

Muslim children hold the tricolour flag during the 71st Independence Day celebrations at a madrasa in Moradabad on Tuesday

Muslim children along with their teachers celebrating Independence Day at a Madrasah in Bhopal on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Madrassas today celebrated the 71st Independence Day by unfurling the tricolour and reciting national anthem, even as the Uttar Pradesh government's recent order of videography of the celebrations created "confusions" among the Islamic schools.

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangimahli, head of Darul Uloom Firangimahal, said, "The Independence Day was celebrated in the madrassas traditionally with unfurling of national flag, recital of national anthem and distribution of sweets among students."