At the age of nine, while his friends spent their evenings playing computer games and watching cartoon shows, Dinshaw Magol was memorising religious texts and learning Zoroastrian priestly rituals. By Reetika Subramanian, Hindustan Times In a span of three years, Magol, now 12, completed the three degrees of Zoroastrian priesthood study including ‘Navar’, ‘Maratab’ and… Continue reading 12-yr-old can now perform rituals at Udvada fire temple
Month: April 2012
Sacred fire gives life to a dying heritage
Around 200 kilometres north of Mumbai, there is a small town called Udwada. Sitting calmly facing the Arabian Sea, Udwada houses one of the oldest burning fire temples in the world. Although its history is not as old as the nearby town Sanjan, where the Parsis first settled, there is something about Udwada that even… Continue reading Sacred fire gives life to a dying heritage
