Category: Atashbehram & Agiary

The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) today approached the Bombay High Court seeking an urgent hearing on a plea filed by the Parsi community in the city opposing the alignment of the Mumbai Metro III project. The MMRC told a bench of Justices AS Oka and RI Chagla that its tunnelling and drilling work for… Continue reading Metro Tunnel Hearing Now scheduled for July 17 2018

We are happy to share the official images and write up of the new Dadgah at Della Towers. The dadgah project was spearheaded by our dear friend, mentor and acclaimed designer Jimmy Mistry. Date: Thursday May 31st, 2018 Time: 5 to 7 pm Venue: Della Tower, Jame Jamshed Road, Dadar Parsi Colony, Mumbai 400014 Last… Continue reading Enthronement Ceremony of the Auspicious Dadgah at Della Towers in Mumbai

Shirinbai and Khurshedji Hormusji Doongaji Daremeher Navi Mumbai gets its first Fire Temple at Kopar Khairne Parsis celebrate after the new fire temple at Kopar Khairane was inaugurated on Monday. After the idea to build a fire temple or dadgah was first conceived 11 years ago, Shirinbai and Khurshedji Hormusji Doongaji Daremeher was inaugurated at… Continue reading Navi Mumbai gets its first Fire Temple at Kopar Khairne

Run-up to the inauguration, however, has been marked by a debate among Parsi-Zoroastrians about the rules of entry into the fire temple Today, Zoroastrians from Navi Mumbai will inaugurate their first fire temple, 11 years after it was conceived. There are between 300 and 400 Zoroastrians in Navi Mumbai. In the absence of a local… Continue reading Controversy over entry rules at new Navi Mumbai fire temple

The death of the last known trustee of Calcutta’s first Parsi fire temple, defunct and decrepit but listed as a Grade I heritage building, has raised concern in the community about land sharks laying their hands on the property. Article by Subhajoy Roy | The Telegraph Cursetjee Manackjee Rustomjee, who died aged 81 on April… Continue reading Parsis fear for Kolkatta’s first fire temple

Most of these Agiaries are managed by private trusts and are not a part of Bombay Parsi Punchayat Article by Yesha Naik | Hindustan Times To ensure all Zoroastrian Agiaries and Atash Behrams — two types of fire temples, the second being of the highest order —in Mumbai have enough funds and are well-maintained, a… Continue reading Parsis form team to maintain fire temples, look after priests and staff in Mumbai

From the exterior, the Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Agiary looks anything but 173 years old or remotely as ostentatious as the life of the person this agiary or fire temple is named after. Article by Shiladitya Pandit | TNN Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy, a Parsi, was in more ways than one a parallel to another settler in Pune and… Continue reading 173-year-old agiary adds to Pune Camp’s pluralism