Monthly Archives: March 2009

Iranshah Re-enthroned

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Iranshah Re-housed In A Makaan Befitting His Exalted Status

According to oral tradition, the Holiest of Holy Iranshah was consecrated on Indian soil, at Sanjan, more than twelve hundred years ago. Iranshah is not just the first and therefore the oldest consecrated Atashbehram in India but, also a spiritual link with Iran – the spiritual motherland of all Zoroastrians. According to tradition, the Alaat for consecrating this Holy Fire was brought all the way from Khorasan in Iran. Read more

Jamva Chaloji

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Interesting Article by Natasha Deboo on the occasion of Navroze 2009

natashaWhat is the first thought that crosses a Parsi’s mind while going to a lagan or navjote? “Majenu bhonu hoi toh saru. Patra ni macchi hose ke saas ni?”

Parsis are connoisseurs of non-vegetarian food, and drink. They savour their food, and cannot end a hectic day without their conventional ‘chaato-pani‘. They get irritable if they go someplace and find that the food is vegetarian. They shake their heads in disbelief at the mere thought that some of their non – Parsi friends are vegetarian. “Arre, ghaas-poos kem khavai? Tema su majaan?”

The only time when a handful of our community actually eats vegetarian is in Bahman mahino. The rest though, don’t even do that. Fish is not non-veg, so it is allowed! Granted. Next came – “But chicken, according to our scriptures, is also allowed. So we just won’t eat ‘char pag’, i.e. mutton – red meat.” Read more

Zarvan – The Creator of God

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ZARVAN

THE CREATOR OF GOD

GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE

MAN BEING A GENTLEMAN RECIPROCATED

SHORT HISTORY OF GOD

Humans have always looked at the mysteries of the universe and wondered about its origin, and visualized its creator. In our short documented history we can see that God has taken various forms. In the ancient days when communication and travel were limited each civilization had its own set of gods. They fought their neighbours for having a different God, they even sacrificed their own child to the God in order to earn respect and favour with that God. While people lived in thatched housed and in poverty, all the national resources were put towards building huge temples to house the gods and these temples have out lasted those civilizations. They sacrificed their best food to the Gods while they themselves slept hungry. (We humans of the modern era cannot distance ourselves from such guilt for it happens even today. While the Muslims in Bangladesh and Africa die of hunger each year mountains of sheep, goats, cows and camels are sacrificed during the Hajj in Mecca and left to rot.) Read more