. Sanjan Under Attack: After Iranshah was duly installed, Parsis lived peacefully in Sanjan for about three hundred and twenty four years. However, when Sultan Mahmud (Mahmud Begdo) attacked Sanjan with an army of thirty thousand soldiers led by General Alfkhan, the Governor of Sanjan asked the Parsis to join his army in battle, after […]
The Kavis and the Karapans, the seeingly blind and the hearingly deaf, who worked as exorcists and cast out demons and with charlatanism prospered among the ignorant and superstitious, thwarted Zarathushtra’s prophetic work and incited people to oppose him. They refused to see the new light that would dispel darkness and closed their ears to […]
. The story of Iranshah is linked to the exodus of the Parsis from Iran to India. It is a story of faith and fortitude. It is a saga of struggle and survival. But, about all else it is a tale of duty and devotion amid trials, tears and tribulation. The Arrival Of Parsis In […]
On his wedding day, is invoked upon the bridegroom, the blessing that he may make a name for himself greater than one made by his father for himself. Thy devotee beseeches Thee through Thy fire, that Thou shouldst help him to win name and fame for himself in life. In the rock inscriptions at Mount […]
“In Zoroastrianism, healing is not just the curing of illness, but it is the act of restoring order and harmony in the world. In the Ardibehesht Yasht, it is mentioned that Mathro Baeshazo is the healer who heals through the holy word (the one who prays).” – An Extract from ‘Zoroastrianism, An Ethnic Perspective’ […]
Thou, Ahura Mazda, didst desire me to follow Thee faithfully. But forgetfulness fell upon me and I failed Thee. The stately swan arches his neck with majestic pride. Drunk with the pride of my prosperity and sitting in the lap of luxury, I fluttered from pleasure to pleasure, basking in the joys of frivolous life, […]
Daisy P. Navdar is a teacher by profession and a firm believer in the efficacy of our Manthravani. She is focused on ensuring that the deep significance of our prayers is realized by our youth. In the Rashne Yasht, Zarathushtra is said to have asked Ahura Mazda, “What of the Holy Word is created true?….Ahura […]
Timid and wavering, hesitating and vacillating is the man without courage. He succumbs to the weakness of too ready subservience. He broods over his difficulties and his courage flinches, when the storms of life break upon his head. His knees smite one another, his heart begins to thump and stand still with fear, his body […]
On Adar Roj – Adar Mah, which falls on the 22nd of April, 2019 as per the Shahenshahi calendar, Parsis celebrate the ‘Feast of the Fire’, better known as ‘Atash-nu-Parab’. The feast actually begins the day before (Daepadar Roj – Adar Mah, on the 21st of April this year), when the women of the household celebrate […]
On April 6, 2019, the vibrant Rustom Baug Senior Citizens Group and tenants celebrated the auspicious Ava Mahino with a Jashan performed by the well. Tenants of various age groups paid abeyance and prayed along with the Athornans and thanked Ahura Mazda and Ava Ardvesur Banoo for their blessings.
Good Friday marks the anniversary of that beautiful morning over 2,000 years ago when a man called Jesus who came from Nazareth arose from the tomb to demonstrate that life (soul) is eternal – that the man in flesh is ‘not’ the real self, but merely the physical symbol of the ever-living soul. He proved […]