The Parsis in India celebrating New Year, Navroz or Nowruz

NAVROZ The Parsi New Year, also known as Navroz or Jamshedi Navroz, is celebrated every year to mark the beginning of the new Iranian calendar. Parsis in India celebrated New Year or Navroz on August 17. In Persian, ‘Nav’ means new, and ‘Roz’ stands for the day, and together it translates to ‘new day’. People clean and decorate their homes, dress up in traditional attires, and visit fire temples to pray for prosperity and…

22, March 2019

Zoroastrianism in India News Flash In a recent interview with The Hindu, Mumbai-based Parsi brothers chartered accountant Kerssie Wadia and his businessman brother Vispy say their religion doesn’t treat any race as pure or impure. In 2004 both started Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism with an aim to set up a universal fire temple, which will be open to all. They were opposed for this move but finally now the fire temple in Pune…

The Parsis in India celebrating New Year, Navroz or Nowruz

22, March 2019

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