Category: Bombay Parsi Panchayat

Below is a report circulated by The Parsee Voice The repairs to the Bisni Dakhma at our hallowed Mumbai Doongerwadi, are finally completed thanks to donations received from certain members of the Parsee community and the unrelenting efforts of the BPP trustees and staff. Under the guidance of Dasturji Dr. F. M. Kotwal, the required… Continue reading Bisni Dakhma Restoration at Mumbai Doongarwadi Completed

In a limited relief to members of the Bombay Parsi Panchayat (BPP), the Bombay high court has permitted them to hold prayer meetings at the Doongerwadi Tower of Silence at Kemps Corner on September 3 from 7 am to 4.30 pm on the occasion of Farvardin Roj. Article by K. A. Y Dodhiya | Hindustan… Continue reading Bombay HC allows Parsis to pray for their dead on Farvardin Roj with restrictions

Observing that both sides must be reasonable, the Bombay high court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to consider a representation by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet to allow community members to hold the annual Farvardegan prayers for the dead on September 3 at Doongerwadi at Malabar Hill in Mumbai. Article by Rosy Sequeira | Times… Continue reading High Court Tells Maharashtra Govt to Consider Parsi Petition for Farvardegan Prayers at Doongarwadi

XERXES DASTUR FULFILLS HIS ELECTION PROMISE At the Board Meeting or July 29th, 2020 chaired by Mrs. Armaity Tirandaz, the trustees of the BPP resolved to revoke the Rs. 750/pm service charge that was levied on its residents since Feb 2017. It has been a long drawn battle inter se the Trustees which finally met… Continue reading NEW YEAR COMES EARLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF BPP BAUGS

Within a week of the first lockdown, I came across an appeal by the BPP (Bombay Parsee Punchayet). They were looking for volunteers to assist old and needy Parsees. Volunteers to deliver food, groceries & medicines to so many old people living alone, who were suddenly stranded without any help whatsoever. Now, the BPP are… Continue reading BPP: The Positive COVID-19 Experiences

Statement for Doongerwadi and Covid 19 Sometime in mid-March when the Covid 19 deaths started in Mumbai, the issue of consignment of our dead at Doongerwadi has been at the forefront of the various issues the BPP Trustees have been mulling over. As the community is aware our method of consignment of the dead at… Continue reading COVID 19 and Doongarwadi: A Statement by BPP

Parsi victims of Covid-19 are being denied their ancient traditional funeral rites and forcibly cremated, leaving families traumatized and a community enraged against its leaders. Over the past month, more than half-a-dozen such cases were reported in Mumbai and a few more in Vadodara and Ahmedabad. Some of the distressed relatives of the deceased have… Continue reading Covid-19: Mumbai’s Parsi community enraged over denial of ancient traditional funeral rites