It was a quiet, lonely Eid for former Jammu and Kashmirchief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Monday,quite unlike previous years when their homes were full of celebratory crowds ofsupporters, friends and family members, officials said.

The three leaders were detained after the Centre revokedJammu and Kashmir's special status under Article 370 and proposed that thestate be bifurcated into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, andLadakh. On Monday, a week after the government's announcement, their homes inthe city's posh Gupkar Road were deserted with only a security vehiclestationed outside.While National Conference president Farooq Abdullah is underhouse arrest at his residence, his son and party vice president Omar Abdullahis at the Hari Nivas Palace. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba isat the Cheshma Shahi Hut here, officials said.

Several political leaders, who were picked up on August 5,offered prayers at the Centaur Hotel here, the officials said.

The government provided them with a 'maulvi', they added.Elsewherein the Valley, too, Eid-al-Adha celebrations were muted with an unprecedentedsecurity cover and curfew-like restrictions. All modes of communication,including internet and phones, have been snapped.

Eid prayers were limited to neighbourhood mosques inKashmir. Security forces fanned out across towns and villages, restricting themovement of people and prohibiting congregations in large grounds.