Dear Humdins,
The holy Adar month is back and I know loads of people will be visiting the Iranshah. The blind faith in HIM pulls everyone towards this holy place. But are we visiting the holy place in the right way? Is our visit to this place perfectly pure and to the standards of the holiness of the place? No, not nowadays when people come from different places by car and bus straight to the Iranshah.My humble request to all the Zoroastrians is to please have a hair bath at any of the Dharamshalas or hotels and straight go to the fire temple and then touch anything or eat anything. Today in these Dharamshalas and hotels the food is made by non Parsees and that also there are many females making the food and serving them. You eat it after your bath and then go to the fire-temple, which is not permissible in our religion. Also people argue that they come in their own cars driven by themselves so they can go directly to Iranshah and perform the Kusti and then go to the Kebla. But even if your car is driven by a Zoroastrian, is your car absolutely pure? Haven’t you touched it during your periods or delivery? After having a hair bath at home haven’t you had some breakfast on the way or gone to the public toilets on the way? All this is hampering your purity. You are carrying all the impurities and going in front of the Padshah Saheb. Instead of helping in purifying the place you are hampering the purity. So who is the looser? You are the looser. You are not getting the desired blessings from the Padshah Saheb. Upon that people shake hands with the Boiwalla mobed which again is wrong. He undergoes the Nahan ceremony for ten days and purifies himself and follows strict rules and routine for purity and you go around the world and touch him and he goes inside the Kebla to offer Machi to the Padshah Saheb.
There are some people who go directly to the Atash Behram after traveling by the train. This is true because many a time the Rickshawallas ask whether to drop us at Iranshah or to some hotel. Please don’t do this, its wrong.
Please Humdins, it will just take and hour more, think that there was a traffic jam and you reached Iranshah an hour late. Please carry a set of your clothes and go to any of the Dharamshalas or Hotels and request them to just allow you to have a bath. Also it is absolutely important to wash the Kusti and to wear washed clothes after the bath and not the same clothes which were worn before the hair bath. You spend around Rs. 2000 to Rs.3000 + toll to go to Udvada so I am sure you can spend a little more and have a bath there and then proceed to the Atash Behram. Whenever my grandfather used to go to Udvada he used to have a Nahan first and then go in to the Iranshah Atash Behram and today people don’t even have a bath before going to the Iranshah. I have also heard that years back even in Banaji Atash Behram people had to have a bath there in the Atash Behram compound bathroom and then only they were allowed to enter the Atash Behram.I know there will be million controversies to this email but just think what is wrong and what is religiously right for you, yourself and your family and then argue. Whats the use of praying big Niyast and Yast when the foundation itself is impure. Just go once to Iranshah with utmost purity and then see the miracle in your life.Hope people will share their miracles on these religious groups other than arguing baselessly.With the hope of improving the purity at Iranshah
Regards
Roshan Aaftaab Irani
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Roshan I fully agree if you can not do this much to maintain purity for your religion nothing more can be said
I agree with you, Roshan. There has to be some sanctity to be observed, when it comes to religion
Religion does not mean empty rituals and practices. Self enquiry and compassion are the basis of true religion. Otherwise it is sleep walking and taking pride in it. Gool.
Agree with you . So many Many of us tend to overlook the obvious, even avoid it knowingly or out of ignorance or perpetual hurry.
Once must observe all rules of purity before entering our holiest Iranshah.
Sick advice to sick and degenerating community. When will the community adopt universal attitude and come out of the cocoon shell?
Universal Attitude?
Whereas the Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Christains etc which are massive compared to us have maintained their distinctiveness and protected their interest, properties, institutions etc.
Only Parsis have not been able to protect what they have earned. This is due to the above universal attitude which has led to the most dramatic downfall of this community.
If we believe in Universal Attitude what is the need of Udwada Atashbehram or any other place of worship, we can as well become universal and not worship anything.
Well said Piloo Mani.
‘Adopt Universal Attitude’?
Kindly educate those of us that are sick, degenerate and ignorant, regarding what it means and how does one go about adopting it.
Hi Gool
Do you always have to write something negative or bad on any article about the religion
Don’t you get peace of mind by writing something good about religion
Please be mindful everybody including your self has to face the almighty one day
What will you say at that time
WHAT IS UNIVERSAL ATTITUDE ? NEVER HEARD OF IT. SOUNDS ESCAPIST AND FALSE SOPHISTICATION.
I fully agree. Now-a -days, people take Udwada trip as a picnic. The above reffered sanctity must be observed. I also learnt that , these Udwada trip is being conducted free of charge, by some generous people for poor parsis n also senior citizens. It’s a good thing, (Poon nu Kaam) but some of them also take them straight to Udwada, which is very wrong. I hope for the change.
Roshen D.P.