Pratik Bhandari writes on his blog I have always been fascinated by Parsi people, their loving demeanor, their lore, of how their ancestors landed on the coast of Gujrat and eventually got asylum here. This was when the arabs invaded Persia. Today people in Iran are considered ‘arab’ because of their religeon, but actually people… Continue reading Amazing Parsees; A personal view
Month: November 2005
Wind Towers of Yazd
A very traditional and interesting technology is making a comeback, in Iran and in the UK. Architects fascinated by Yazd’s wind towers An architect couple is working on a project on the use of wind towers in contemporary architecture in Iran. Paris-based architects Herve Richard from France and his Iranian wife Shiva Tolouie went to… Continue reading Wind Towers of Yazd
Our own ‘ Sheikh Speare’
Indian Express – New Delhi,India … Khusro Kabrazi, who founded the Parsee Nataka Mandali in 1853, presented Rustom and Sohrab at the Grant Road Theatre (the only theatre in Mumbai those days) on …
Iranians, Founders of the World Empire
They are unaware of the fact that Iran enjoys a 9,000-year-old civilization which, based on historical accounts and what historians believe, shines so brilliantly in the world that such false talks have no effect on, or as Ebn-e-Xaldun puts it such “Blind Followers” can not ruin such a glorious reputation. Continue reading at CHN
Zoroastrians mass graveyard: National monument
“The mass graveyard, in which the Zoroastrians laid the bodies of their lost ones in old days, was endowed to the cause. Therefore, it was taken by Zoroaster’s disciples as a sacred site. “Up to a half century ago, according to the Zoroastrian rituals, dead bodies were laid at the site in order to be… Continue reading Zoroastrians mass graveyard: National monument
Encyclopedia of Iranian traditional art published
MehrNews.com – Tehran,Iran … s legendary animals, the gods and goddesses, motifs and designs in ancient Iran, and the era of Avesta (a collection of sacred Zoroastrian writings, including …
Khajeh mountain, biggest unbaked mud architecture of Parthian era
Khajeh Mountain Complex, the biggest model of unbaked mud architecture remaining in Sistan area, is one of the most remarkable relics of the Parthian, Sassanid and Islamic eras. It is the only natural height left behind in Sistan area, where a palace, fire temple, pilgrimage center called Khajeh Mehdi and graveyard reminiscent of the past… Continue reading Khajeh mountain, biggest unbaked mud architecture of Parthian era
