The auspicious Ava Yazad Parab was celebrated amidst much religious fervour and a large attendance of devotees, at the Bhikha Behram Well, on 22nd March, 2024. A Jashan was performed by Mobeds of Patel Fire temple (Mazagaon) and Er. Pourush Kamdin, Er. Rumi Panthaki, Er. Hormaz Aibara and Er. Rukhshad B. Panthaki were presented with […]
Fresh water well is mandatory at every Agiary or Atash Bahram. One cannot think of a Parsi Zoroastrian fire temple anywhere in India without fresh water well within the temple compound/complex. Even otherwise, the community considers fresh water well as sacred. In Mumbai, the Bhikha Behram well, for example, is considered sacred and devotees pray […]
Our holy wells contain water which is blessed and charged with invisible energies bestowed by Pak Ahura Mazda. Our Zoroastrian religion enjoins the use of flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water) which is open to the rays of the sun, to be used for religious and ritual purposes. Two easily available sources of flowing water […]
25th October, 2019 (Khordad Mah, Ava Roj) marked the ten-year long auspicious celebrations of the ‘Pray Together, Stay Together’ Movement, at Mumbai’s Bhikha Behram Well, initiated in 2009, by two of our Community’s dynamic individuals – Perzon Zend and Hoshaang Gotla. The eve, which was attended by around 75 humdins who packed the venue, commenced […]
On the 23rd of this month our Board will complete two years in office, a journey that has been as memorable as it has been gratifying. I can honestly say that I feel that we have achieved more in the last two years than what we achieved in the seven years of the last Board. […]
The past couple of weeks have witnessed our Community get rattled and unite to take action against the potential damage that could be caused to our places of worship by the ongoing Metro III construction work. Most Parsi pages on social media platforms and WhatsApp have been buzzing non-stop with notifications asking community members to […]
The 96th Avan Roj Humbandagi was organised at the Bhikha Behram Well on 25th September, 2017, with a Jasan ceremony performed by Er. Khubcheher Tarachand and his brother Er. Nauzer Tarachand. Hoshaang Gotla, who commenced the Avan Roj Humbandagi eight years ago along with his friend Perzon Zend, said, “We initiated the idea guided by […]
The 86th Humbandagi took place at the Bhikha Behram Well on 24th November, 2016 (Ava Roj) at 5:30 pm. This was followed by a speech on Shahnameh writer, Firdowsi Toosi by Er. Darayesh R. Katrak, where he highlighted the fact that had it not been for Firdowsi and his writings, we would have been in […]
PT: What is the importance of wells in the Zoroastrian religion? Er. Karanjia: The Zoroastrian religion enjoins the use of flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water) which is open to the rays of the sun, to be used for religious and ritual purposes. Two easily available sources of flowing water are wells and rivers. […]