No injuries were reported in the brief clash between security forces and protesters near the Hazrat Bal shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir's main city, after prayers Saturday, a police officer said.
Tens of thousands of people held protest marches across Indian Kashmir, the officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.
Kashmiri Muslims celebrated the Eid Al-Fitr festival Saturday, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
After leading a special prayer, separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asked worshippers to march in Srinagar.
Carrying green flags, thousands of people chanted: "We want freedom. Go India, Go Back." The mostly Muslim region has seen near-daily anti-government demonstrations and clashes between protesters and security forces in the past three months.
At least 69 people — mostly teenage boys and young men in their 20s — have been killed in the protests against control of the region by predominantly Hindu India.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Kashmir, which is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both.
Protesters reject Indian rule and want independence or a merger with predominantly Muslim Pakistan.
The current unrest in Indian Kashmir is reminiscent of the late 1980s, when protests against New Delhi's rule sparked an armed conflict that has so far killed more than 68,000 people, mostly civilians.
