Kashmira Shaw Raj is a professional Taichi and Qigong practitioner and teacher, commanding nearly two decades of successful practice. She is also a clinical psychologist, psychic and healer as well as the co-Founder of ‘The Tai-Qi Touch’, which offers classes for adults and children. For details, Email: kash.shaw@gmail.com Gazing at the sea after a long […]
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Kurdistan’s Zoros Hold Ceremony At Fire Temple
On 15th August, 2019, a local organization in Kurdistan, dedicated to the Zoroastrian religion and philosophy, held a special ceremony at a fire temple located in the region. Members of the Basna Organization, whose efforts usually focus on preserving local archaeological sites, performed the rite in Sulaimani province’s town of Darbandikhan. During the event, participants […]
SC Rules Adaran Fire To Be Moved From Bharuch To New Mumbai
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 […]
Parsis Defend Rights To Bar Non-Zoroastrians Entering Fire Temples
In an affidavit filed before a division bench of the Delhi High Court last week, the Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) has claimed that the law doesn’t grant any person the right to demand an entry or the use of facilities of the Parsi community, which includes the fire temple located near Delhi Gate. This was […]
Fire Is The Symbol Of Ahura Mazda
Fire is the purest, grandest, and noblest emblem of Thy divinity, Ahura Mazda. It is the sublimest symbol of the faith of Zarathustra. Fire is the image made by divine hands, incomparably more sublime than any image graven by human hands. It is unsurpassed and unequalled by any in the language of symbology. Fire is […]