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Simple and symbolic Parsi Temple in Karachi
MAKE no mistake! No single group of people contributed more to the development and refinement of pre-1947Karachi than the Parsi community. Be it Jamshed Nusserwanji or Kawasji Hormasji Katrak, be it...
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Inauguration: Arbab Rustam Guiv Dar-E-Mehr New York
The Arbab Rustam Guiv Dar-E-Mehr in New York is inaugurated. The Inauguration Ceremony shall be telecast live on youtube. The broadcast will start on Saturday March 26th, 2016 at 10:30 AM New York Time...
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Inauguration: Arbab Rustam Guiv Dar-E-Mehr New York
Last week, during the week of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, the Zoroastrian community of Greater New York had a inaugural event where over 600 people attended the opening of the new Dar-e-Mehr, a...
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136th SALGIRI OF VATCHA AGIARY, FORT
The BAI PIROJBAI DADABHOY MANECKJI VATCHA AGIARY in Fort, celebrates the 136th Anniversary on Saturday, April 16, 2016 – Shenshai Roz Ardibehest, Mah Adar, 1385 Y.Z. On that day there will be a Machi...
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A warm Welcome to ADAR YAZAD
A warm Welcome to ADAR YAZAD The ninth day of the month and the ninth month of the year in the Parsi calendar is dedicated to Adar Yazad. For all those who are numerically inclined, Adar is the only...
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173 year old Historic Agiary needs your support
Restore the originality & grandeur of the past! In order to restore the Agiary premises to its former regal glory, a major restoration program has been recently undertaken by the current Trustees....
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LOS ANGELES WELCOMES A NEW ATASH KADEH
A new Atash Kadeh is born in the world ! Los Angeles welcomes its second Dar-E-Mehr as the Zoroastrian Association of California inaugurated a brand new ground-up Atash Kadeh at their center in...
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Atashgah of Khinalig: the highest fire temple of the world
Over the last 1,300 years due to religious persecution the number of the Zoroastrian fire temples has steadily declined in Greater Iran. They were destroyed or converted into mosques. In the XIX-XX...
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Grand opening of SZA’s new Dar-e-meher, Sacramento, California
You’d be pleased to know that Zarathustis in Central California now have another new Dar-e-meher at Sacramento, our state’s capital city. This is in addition to the one in San Jose. Here are...
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The Story of Rustom Framna Agiary
Rustam, was a poor youth, who had lost his father, when he was very young, and was staying with his ailing mother, in Pandey Chawl, at Karelwadi, Thakurwad, Mumbai. Due to poverty he was not properly...
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Para Mobeds?
Last week’s column on the ordainment of two deacons in Mumbai’s Catholic Church attracted a lot of interest among Parsi-Zoroastrians. Unlike members of the clergy, who need to be celibate, deacons can...
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Kozhikode has the only Parsi temple in Kerala
The fire temple was built in the 18th century when Parsi traders settled in Kozhikode about 200 years ago. KOZHIKODE: On April 18 which is observed as World Heritage Day, among the several monuments...
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SORABJI DADABHAI BHUJWALA DAREMEHER IN INDIA
Friends, (please share this with your local community and friends) My great-grandfather, Khanbahadur Seth Pestonji Sorabji Bhujwalla, who served as the Personal Aide to the then Maharaja Khengarji Rao...
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Udvada – Firmly guarding a tradition
An aura of antiquity envelopes the coastal town of Udvada in Gujarat, which houses the holiest fire of the Parsis Faith accompli: A Parsi woman comes out of the fire temple Udvada is a pretty small...
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The Flames of Faith
 ‘Lhotse’, Air lndia’s Boeing 707 began taxiing on the tarmac and as the big aeroplane lost touch with the ground and became airborne, chants of Yatha Ahu Vairyo rent the aircraft. For, this was a...
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PARSI AGIYARI OPENS DOORS FOR OUTSIDERS
In an unprecedented move to help Amdavadis better understand the culture and religion that is Zoroastrianism, the Parsi Panchayat in the city opened the doors of the Vakil Adariyan Agiyari to observe...
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173-YEAR-OLD AGIARY ADDS TO CAMP’S PLURALISM
The Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Agiary was built in a little more than two years at the site of what is now the intersection of Bootee Street and Dastur Meher Road and was consecrated in 1844 From the...
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170 years old and standing tall: This Fire Temple was built by two banker...
Come August 17 and the Parsi community in the city will gather at the 170-year-old Fire Temple in Secunderabad to celebrate New Year. The majestic structure standing tall on MG Road was built in 1847...
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New Bombay Agiary–An Appeal
Dear Fellow Zarthostis, The structure of the New Bombay Agiary along with quarters for two Mobeds and 2 community Halls are ready and part occupancy has been obtained from the Navi Mumbai Municipal...
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Parsi Fire Temple in Kolkata
The first Parsi Fire Temple in Kolkata. Now abandoned and in ruins, structurally weak too. Needs a renovation & a reuse plan. Will the Rustomji Cowasjee Banaji Fire Temple ever be restored?
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