Parsi priests Vada Dasturji Dr Firoze Kotawal and Vada Dasturji Khursheed Dastur met the CM and Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) officials to express their concerns over the underground tunnels passing close to two Parsi Atash Behrams in Girgaum and also Bhikha Behram well near Churchgate. While Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has assured the leaders… Continue reading Parsis up in arms over ‘damage’ to temples due to Metro construction
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Two Parsi high priests petition PM to realign Metro-III tunnel
Two Parsi high priests have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to realign the tunnel of the upcoming Metro-III rail project because it threatens two of the most sacred fire temples in south Mumbai. Since the past month, the Zoroastrian community has been protesting against the Metro tunnel. Now, two of the senior… Continue reading Two Parsi high priests petition PM to realign Metro-III tunnel
Parsi high priests in a debate over Metro 3 route
Metro 3 is from Colaba to Bandra to SEEPZ which passes by two fire temples and a well A difference of opinion — with a trace of lack of trust — broke out between Parsi high priests, with one saying that a neutral person from the community should come forward to explain the Metro 3… Continue reading Parsi high priests in a debate over Metro 3 route
Parsis upset over Agiary land
Sethna Agiary (left) and Boyce Dhana Patel Agiary are more than 130-years-old and have been demarcated under the new road-line plan of DP 2034 Article by Anagha Sawant | DNA Under the civic body’s DP 2034, two fire temples in Tardeo are likely to lose a part of their land The draft Development Plan (DP)… Continue reading Parsis upset over Agiary land
Parsis protest against MADC flying proposal
The city’s Parsi community staged a protest on Friday against a proposal by the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) that recommends that the no-flying zone be reduced from one nautical mile (around 1,852 metres) to 500 metres around the Tower of Silence or Doongerwadi in south Mumbai where the last rites of the departed are… Continue reading Parsis protest against MADC flying proposal
Mumbai Parsis to meet Uddhav Thackeray for help
Members of the city-based Parsi community will meet Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray over the Metro-3 project’s alignment that passes below three of its fire temples in south Mumbai. According to the community, the metro work will allegedly disturb the ‘holy fire’ and ‘wells’ in such temples. The community has also started an online signature… Continue reading Mumbai Parsis to meet Uddhav Thackeray for help
Parsis protest Metro line alignment, cutting through an ancient Fire Temple
Contractors of the underground Metro III rail project on Thursday morning arrived to inspect the 187-year-old Wadia fire temple (Atash Behram) at Princess Street in south Mumbai. However, they were met by a group of protesting Parsis, who did not allow them to take any measurements. On Monday, TOI had reported the alignment map showed… Continue reading Parsis protest Metro line alignment, cutting through an ancient Fire Temple
