The Navsari Atashbehram celebrates 250 years this weekend. Celebrations are planned all over the weekend. The Atashbehram holds a special place in our hearts. My maternal grandparents hail from Navsari and we have two ancestral homes in Navsari. My mom Behroz, sister Mehernaaz, myself and now my two year old niece Ava have all been… Continue reading Navsari Atashbehram Celebrates 250 Years
Category: Atashbehram & Agiary
Banaji Limji Agiary, Mumbai’s oldest fire temple, turns 306
Parsis-Zoroastrians will celebrate The Feast of Fire, held on the ninth day of the ninth month (roz adar, mah adar) of the Shenshai or Shahenshahi calendar. It is an important day for the community as it celebrates the “birth of the creation of fire”. The community believes fire is a physical representation of the son… Continue reading Banaji Limji Agiary, Mumbai’s oldest fire temple, turns 306
Ahmedabad’s Vakil Anjuman Adarian to move out of Old City
The Bukhara Mohulla at Khamasa Crossroads in the Walled City is home to two shrines. One is the Parsis’ Vakil Adariyan Agiyari fire temple. And the other is the only Jewish place of worship in Gujarat, the Magen Abraham Synagogue (built in 1934) of the small Bene Israel Jewish community. Article by Paul John |… Continue reading Ahmedabad’s Vakil Anjuman Adarian to move out of Old City
Iranshah Udvada: Bachi Karkaria
BACHI KARKARIA relives her visit to the oldest Fire Temple, the Iranshah, in Gujarat on the eve of Jamshedi Navroz Iam in Zoroastrianism’s holiest place, the Iranshah at Udvada in Gujarat. The marble lobby glows with hanging oil ‘divas’ cradled in engraved glass shades. Portraits of past Parsi greats look down solemnly. Bai Motlibai Wadia… Continue reading Iranshah Udvada: Bachi Karkaria
A 1,200-Year-Old Flame Draws Parsi Pilgrims
The town of Udvada, in India’s northern state of Gujarat, is home to the holiest Zoroastrian site in India: a flame burning since around 800 A.D. Zoroastrians revere fire as a link to divinity and pray or meditate in fire temples. Several hundred priests once tended to this fire temple, called Iranshah, in Udvada, and… Continue reading A 1,200-Year-Old Flame Draws Parsi Pilgrims
Calcutta’s Banajee Agiary to get relief: Archeological Survey of India Steps In
The Fire Temple at Ezra Street, though one of the earliest symbols of pluralistic and cosmopolitan culture of ‘Calcutta’, has long been taken over by trading units that have turned it into an electrical storehouse of sorts. But with the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) taking an interest in the monument, things have started looking… Continue reading Calcutta’s Banajee Agiary to get relief: Archeological Survey of India Steps In
New Bombay Zoroastrian Association Kick starts their Agiary Project
Sharukh Doctor, the President of the New Bombay Zoroastrian Association informs us The New Bombay Zoroastrian Association (NBZA) Kick starts their Agiary Project with the Bhomi Poojan offered by the contractor on the auspicious day of Dussehera. The work will now begin on this project of building Agiary, Community Hall and the Old Age Home… Continue reading New Bombay Zoroastrian Association Kick starts their Agiary Project
