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Baroda Agiary Priest Home to Undergo Renovation

Posted 26 August 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: fire temple | No Comments

The British colonial building, which is home to the priest of Parsi agyari built by Pastonji Contractor in 1923, is also set to get a facelift. The residence is spread across 3,500 square feet area with 11 rooms built to house two families of the priest referred as dastor. By Darshana Chaturvedi / Times News [...]

The Parsis of Ajmer

Posted 20 August 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Events, Festivities, fire temple | No Comments

A wonderful video of the Parsis of Ajmer. The youtube video link is here.

Chennai Parsi Fire Temple Celebrates Centenary

Posted 07 July 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Events, fire temple | 2 Comments

On Saturday (July l0), there will be celebrated in Royapuram the centenary of the consecration of the only Parsi Fire Temple in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala. Gracing the commemoration of the establishment of the Jal Phiroj Clubwala Dar-e-Meher will be former President of India Abdul Kalam. Reported in The Hindu The first Parsis arrived [...]

100 Year Celebrations Of Patel Agiary in Andheri

100 Year Celebrations Of Patel Agiary in Andheri

Posted 12 April 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Events, fire temple | 6 Comments

Below are some pictures from the 100 years celebration of the Patel Agiary in Andheri, Bombay, India. These were distributed on a newsgroup and there is no mention of the original photographer.

The Sandalwood Controversey at Udwada Atash Behram

Posted 16 March 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Issues, fire temple | 37 Comments

A few years ago, our entire family was at Udwada to offer prayers after my wedding. Just as we were about to give the “sukhad” to the “boiwala” dasturji, he refused to take it saying that its not original. We were completely taken aback, both by the dasturji’s pronouncement and his harsh and rude tone. [...]

Young Parsis toil to make agiaries shine

Young Parsis toil to make agiaries shine

Posted 20 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Bombay, Mumbai, fire temple | 13 Comments

Do not be alarmed if you see a group of masked youngsters armed with brooms and mops entering a fire temple on a Sunday morning. KEEPING HERITAGE SPIC AND SPAN By Mahafreed Irani / TNN Mumbai: They belong to a voluntary gang of bravehearts on their way to scrub the agiary inners. College students Ronisha [...]

Jokhi Agiary in Godrej Baug Celebrates Anniversary

Posted 17 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: fire temple | 2 Comments

More than 2,000 Parsis flocked to celebrate the anniversary of the city’s youngest fire temple last week. Posted in DNA India The Shapurji Fakirji Jokhi Agiary in Godrej Baug, Malabar Hill, completed 10 years on December 18. The priest performed prayer ceremonies in the afternoon. Youth leaders also spoke to the people about uniting as [...]

Parsis hear chants of holy change

Posted 12 January 2010 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Bombay, Mumbai, fire temple | 13 Comments

Farhad Bhesania, 31, a Godrej Baug resident, has never regretted the decision he took nearly 17 years ago. Belonging to a family of Parsi priests, Bhesania chose a different path for himself. By Ashutosh Shukla / DNA “If I had stepped into my family’s footsteps, I would have lived in guilt,” said Bhesania who works [...]

Godrej Baug Agary Celebrates 10 years

Posted 29 December 2009 | By mnaaZ | Categories: Bombay, Mumbai, fire temple | 1 Comment

More than 2,000 Parsis flocked to celebrate the anniversary of the city’s youngest fire temple last week. The Shapurji Fakirji Jokhi Agiary in Godrej Baug, Malabar Hill, completed 10 years on December 18. The priest performed prayer ceremonies in the afternoon. Youth leaders also spoke to the people about uniting as a community. The celebrations [...]

Religious Education and the Future of Young Mobeds in North America and Beyond

Posted 29 October 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Issues, Opinion, Prayers, fire temple | 2 Comments

In early summer 2009, Jim Engineer, one of the founders of NextGenNow got in touch with me to see if I would like to write an article for the Fall 2009 FEZANA Journal. NextGenNow as an organisation were guest-editing. The above-titled article is one of the two articles I wrote for this edition. My earliest [...]

Religious Adultery and Parsis

Posted 27 August 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Current Affairs, Customs, Heritage, History, Institutions, Issues, Opinion, Prayers, fire temple | 8 Comments

Ervad Marzban J.  Hathiram, a good old friend, editor of Frashogard.com and the Panthaki at the Jogeshwari Daremehr has written a hard hitting post on religious adultery. Marzban writes My apologies for not updating the blog for the last few weeks since I was tied up in the Muktad preparations and prayers in our Daremeher [...]

Parsis seek apology from Arjun Rampal over ‘hurtful’ remark

Posted 08 August 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Bombay, Issues, Mumbai, fire temple | 6 Comments

Arjun Rampal should apologise to the Parsis. This is the demand from sections of the Parsi community who are scandalised with the actor for stating in a recent interview to a men’s magazine that he had visited a Parsi fire-temple or agiary. "I must be one of the few people who has gone into the [...]

Pune’s Sorabji Ratanji Patel Agiary: Temple of subdued grandeur

Posted 05 August 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Heritage, History, fire temple | No Comments

Demure and unassuming, Sardar Sorabji Patel Agiary in Nana Peth is quite like the Iranian and Parsi Zoroastrians who worship at this fire temple. And, although the community is arguably among the richest, the temple itself wears an austere look. The agiary (Gujarati word for house of fire’) was originally built in 1824 by Seth [...]

High Court says no to plan for redevelopment of Kappawala Agiary

Posted 08 July 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Bombay, Mumbai, fire temple | 7 Comments

In a major victory for the Parsi community in the city, the Bombay high court recently dismissed an application seeking to commercially exploit a portion of the Kappawala Agiary (fire temple) at Tardeo. Justice Nishita Mhatre upheld the order of the charity commissioner, which had denied permission to the Seth Shapurji Sorabji Kappawal Charitable Trust [...]

Oldest Fire Temple Turns 300

Oldest Fire Temple Turns 300

Posted 28 April 2009 | By arzan sam wadia | Categories: Bombay, fire temple | 5 Comments

By Nauzer Bharucha I tnn Miunbai: For the 45,000 Parsis in Mumbai, Friday is a special day – not only will they celebrate the birthday of fire, considered to be the son of god, but will also observe the 300th anniversary of the city’s oldest fire temple in the Fort area of south Mumbai. Adar [...]

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