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A Day To Celebrate The Sun And Sunlight

Features, Special February 21, 2026 Noshir H. Dadrawala 0 Comments

Today, 21st February, 2026, is Roj Khurshed (a day dedicated to the Divinity presiding over the Sun) and Mah Meher (month dedicated to the Divinity presiding over the purifying rays of the sun). As per Zoroastrian tradition, Khurshed and Meher are Divine entities whose Nyaish (litany) are prayed together, symbolizing the inseparable nature of sunlight and its source […]

SC Rules Adaran Fire To Be Moved From Bharuch To New Mumbai

Community News August 3, 2019 PT Reporter 0 Comments

On 1st August, 2019, the Supreme Court (SC) ended the 27-year-old dispute by ruling that the holy, century-old, Grade-II Atash Adaran (fire), at Pestonji Aslaji Doongaji Agiary in Bharuch, Gujarat, could be relocated to the Shirinbai and Khurshedji Hormusji Doongaji Daremeher, at Kopar Khairane, in Navi Mumbai. This would be the first time in twenty […]