Anahita Patel writes and shares pictures of:
the Patel agiary in Andheri which celebrated its centenary on Roz Adar, Mah Adar (April 24, 2008 )
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Courtesy : Feroze Kalwachwalla and Rusi Mistry
Members of the Zoroastrian community visiting Tenerife, Spain are invited to visit the Shroff Darb-e-Mehr located at the following address :-
Calle Cupido
Puerto de la Cruz 38400
Tenerife, Canary Islands
SPAIN
Phone number : 34-649-731091
Courtesy : Cyrus Aga
Tir roz, Khordad mah, YZ 1377
(23 November 2007)
Dear Zarathushti friends,
we have received a very informative listing on the true procedure to be followed when going and praying before Iranshah.
This is in form of a booklet put forth by Tehmurasp Shawaksha Pardiwala, which we share with you. All the credits are due to the author himself.
As Ervad K N Dastor explains in the foreword of the booklet: “Pak Iranshah is a live, living, glowing flame for the Parsi community. Iranshah is a manifestation of the love and devotion moving in our heart for our dear Paigambar Zarthrushtra. The divine light, which is glowing for past 1200 years without even a second’s break, is a link between the Parsi community and Pak Dadar Ahura Mazda.”
It is also further mentioned that: “Mr. Tehmurasp Pardiwala has explained these rules beautifully in a simple language, as to how one should present himself before Iranshah so that one can help Iranshah in His mission and do not become a cause, an instrument of disturbance in His work. To follow these rules and regulations is not at all difficult.”
So here below is the booklet reproduced both in text form and in an enclosed PDF.
This is also available at the educational and informative Traditional Zoroastrian website
http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/HowgoIranShah.pdf
We thank the authors of this website and to individuals like Mr Tehmurasp Pardiwalla, the Parsee Voice, Mrs. Pervin J Mistry and many others who do work silently for the good of the community.
Please share this email with all good and deserving Zarathushtis so that they realise that Iranshah is a real treasure which we as a community possess and how important it is for us to keep both Iranshah and Udvada pure and pristine.
With best wishes
TZML Admins
Seth Bhikhaji Hormasji Chinai Agiary at Gandevi, off Billimora
Station, South Gujarat
Consecrated in the year YZ 1203 (AD 1834) and is 173 years old
Have enclosed some photos of this beautiful and serene agiary.
Seth Bomanji Merwanji Mewawalla Agiary at Byculla, Mumbai
Consecrated in the year YZ 1220 (AD 1851) and is 156 years old
Seth Pallonji Khurshedji Cama Daremeher at Cama Baug, Grant Road, Mumbai
Consecrated in the year YZ 1238 (AD 1869) and is 138 years old
Seth Hormusji Gandabhai Daremeher (Dadgah) at Pardi, next stop to
Udvada, Gujarat
Consecrated in the year YZ 1250 (AD 1881) and is 126 years old
Seth Edulji Rustomji Soonawalla Agiary at Mahim, Mumbai
Consecrated in the year YZ 1282 (AD 1913) and is 94 years old
Global Directory of Zoroastrian Fire Temples
Catalog:Marzban Books
Authors: Marzban J. Giara
Issue:Second
Availability:Yes
Udvada is a town in Gujarat, renowned for the Iranshah Ātash Bahrām, the oldest and most famous of the Parsi Fire temples.
Udvada is a coastal town 200 km north of Mumbai, around 8 km off the national highway, NH8. Trains ply from Mumbai to Udvada, including the Gujarat Express, the Ferozepur Janta Express and Saurashtra Express. Udvada means the ‘grazing ground of camels’, which it was before it became a fishing village.
Zoroastrian fire temples were initially built during the early Achaemenian period. By the end of that dynasty the three types of fires, Atash Behram, Atash Adaran and Atash Dadgah, had a recognized place in Zoroastrian society. During the Parthian period 248 BCE to 224 CE the three great fires of Zoroastrianism, Adur Farnbag, Adur Gushnasp and Adur Burzen Mihr, were installed.
Today there are eight Atash Behrams in India:
2. Navsari Anjuman(Shenshai) built in 1765
3. Surat Vakil (Kadmi) built in 1823
4. Surat Mody (Shenshai) built in 1823
5. Bombay Dady Seth (Kadmi) built in 1783
6. Bombay Wadia (Shenshai) built in 1830
7. Bombay Banaji (Kadmi) built in 1894
8. Bombay Anjuman (Shenshai) built in 1898
