There have been several tons scored at Dadar Parsee Zorastrian CC, but this one is of total commitment from pillars Masa Pithawala, Madhav Mantri, Naren Tamhane, and current Gen Secy Mangesh Bhalekar General Secretary Mangesh Bhalekar outside the DPZ CC pavilion on Thursday Massa [mister] Compton…” said an old West Indian spectator to England’s star batsman Denis Compton on the
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Read moreTEHRAN – The mysterious archaeological site of Teniky, hidden within the remote rainforests and canyons of Madagascar’s Isalo National Park, has long puzzled scientists with its unique rock-cut niches and stone walls. A groundbreaking new study now challenges the established narrative that these structures were built by shipwrecked 16th-century Portuguese sailors. Instead, the research posits a far more ancient and
Read moreSource: depositphotos.com A recent archaeological discovery in northern Iraq, which could reshape our understanding of the history of Christianity, sheds light on the fact that followers of Zoroastrianism and Christians lived peacefully alongside each other more than 1,500 years ago. The church uncovered at a site called Gird-î Kazhaw is the first known Christian building in the area and
Read moreThe Legacy of the Jahanian Brothers A Zoroastrian Mercantile Household from Yazd Personal, Family, Commercial, and Political Correspondence of the Jahanian Household during the Qajar Period (1879–1916) Research and Analysis by: Mahdi Vaziniafzal and Jamshid Varza This book examines the social, religious, and economic life of one of themost influential Zoroastrian households in nineteenth-century Iran. The Zoroastrian Jahanian household was among
Read moreIn the year 1853 the Parsi Dramatic Corp’ staged a play named Rustam Zabuli and Zohrab at the Grant Road Theatre in Bombay. It was an adaptation of the 10th century Persian epic Shahnameh, a tragic story of the heroes, Rustam and his son, Sohrab, by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. This marked the beginning of Parsi theatre in the city,
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Read moreRecently there has been a concern for the Parsis (i.e “Persians”) – heirs of Zoroastrian refugees who fled Persia and landed on the coast of Gujarat, India, perhaps in the eighth or tenth century, especially in Bharuch and Surat hinterlands. Later Navsari, some 35 km south of Surat, became the main religious Parsi center in Gujarat. In the eighteenth century,
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