Compiled by      Kayomarsh P. Mehta

Zarathushti Learning Center of North America

Burr ridge, Illinois

 

              

               References:

               1. The Religious Ceremonies & Customs, Jivanji J. Modi

               2. Zoroastrian Religion & Customs, Er. Sheriarji Bharucha

               3. Handbook of Info. on Zoroastrianism, Dasturji Dabu

           

                 

           

              

               THE MEANING OF THE WORD “GAHAMBAR”

 

               The word Gahambar is the Pahlavi word `Gaasambar’.

               Gahambar = Gaas + Ambar

               Gaas means time or season, and

               Ambar means getting together of people.

              

               Thus derivatively, a Gahambar would mean a seasonal

               festival. The later writings connect the Gahambars with

               cosmogony. Each Gahambar represents an evolutionary stage

               in the creation of the universe.

 

To know more on :

THE SIX GAHAMBARS

THE SIX STAGES OF EVOLUTION OF THE UNIVERSE

THE CELEBRATION OF GAHAMBAR

RATIONALE OF GAHAMBAR

INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATION IN GAHAMBAR

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