Some female students requested that college authorities provide a place for women to offer Namaz prayers on Friday. When their request was not met, they decided to stage protests outside the office of the college's principal, Father Kannadan Francis on the 26th.
A Muslim youth uploaded an online post depicting namazis praying during Muharram as pigs, seemingly to mock the Shia community, a sect within the Muslim community that chiefly observes the festival.
Muslim religious leaders backed the Chief Minister's appeal, leading to Eid prayers held exclusively at designated Eidgahs and other traditional locations. In areas where mosques and Eidgahs had limited space, prayers were conducted in different shifts.