Jamshedi Navroze is one of the three main festive days in the Parsi Calendar. The others being Parsi New year in August and Khordad Saal, the birthday of Zarathustra. Navroze falls on March 21st, which is also Spring Equinox. It is celebrated the world over in various manifestations. It heralds the coming of Spring. In… Continue reading Jamshedi Navroze….a festival to welcome Spring
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Navroze: A great time to bond
Zoroastrians are looking forward to celebrate Navroze with their loved ones tomorrow.. Oh yeah, the preparations have begun. At the Kajanwalla household in Grant Road, it’s just finishing touches to the festive preprarations that are being given. The house is spick and span, new clothes hung up all ready to be worn, the aroma of… Continue reading Navroze: A great time to bond
Noruz in Iran
Noruz, a festival marking start of the new Iranian year, is celebrated in Iran. Passage of time has not reduced importance of the traditional festival and it is being observed by people more gloriously each year than the previous year. Norouz rites start in the northwestern How To Get Your Ex Love Back Iranian city… Continue reading Noruz in Iran
Commemoration of Zoroaster held in Tehran
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 – ©2005 IranMania.com LONDON, December 27 (IranMania) – Zoroastrian Association in Tehran held a ceremony in commemoration of Prophet Zarathustra (Zoroaster) in Tehran on 26th of December which is the anniversary of his death, said CHN. Zarathushtra or Zarathustra (628 BC) is the ancient Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism or… Continue reading Commemoration of Zoroaster held in Tehran
Old pacemakers win hearts
Most families at the rally had cars that had been in the family for years, like AR Dadachanji, a Parsi priest, who took his family for a spin in their 1939 Morris-8. “It’s from the same year that I was born,” he smiled. He added that he had been participating in the rally for the… Continue reading Old pacemakers win hearts
159th Salgreh of Karani Agiary
A report on the anniversary of the Cusrow Baug Agiary filed by Marzban Jamshedji Giara on the TZML email group Seth Nasserwanji .Hirji Karani Agiary located in sylvan surroundings of Cusrow (Khush Raho) Baug at Colaba, Mumbai has the unique distinction of perhaps being THE ONLY AGIARY IN THE WORLD that serves the Parsi Zoroastrian… Continue reading 159th Salgreh of Karani Agiary
Going with the flow
“Very risque,” says our tour guide, Jasmine Kotval. She’s a Parsee, a follower of Zoroastrianism that claims to be the world’s oldest religion, having originated in Persia (contemporary Iran) 3500 years ago. Only 110,000 Parsees remain and about half of them live in Mumbai. But they have influence disproportionate to their numbers. Mumbai now has… Continue reading Going with the flow
