Dear Readers, For a community as small as ours, coming together means much more than a social or religious exercise, it’s essential to our identity, continuity and collective strength. Every gathering rooted in faith and tradition helps strengthen that sense of belonging keeping us closely connected across generations. The recent celebration of the 200th Humbandagi […]
The Humbandagi group of Bai Maneckbai Chenoy Agiary, Hyderabad, marked a significant milestone on 16th February, 2026, celebrating 20 years of uninterrupted weekly Humbandagi, held every week on Mondays, at 7:00 pm. The prayers, led by Er. Kerfegar Antia, have been a steady spiritual anchor for the community, followed each week by an engaging religious […]
The 193rd Humbandagi was observed on Ava Roj, 23rd October, 2025, at the sacred Bhikha Behram Well. The evening commenced with a Jashan ceremony at 4:30 pm, followed by the Humbandagi at 5:30 pm. A special talk by Zoroastrian scholar and community leader, Noshir Dadrawala, added spiritual depth to the gathering, which also marked the […]
The Seth Edulji Rustomji Soonawalla Agiary, located at Mahim in Mumbai, celebrated its glorious 111th Salgreh on 28th April, 2024 (Roj Sarosh, Mah Adar; YZ 1393) amid much religious fervor and festivity. A continuous flow of humdeens through the day came to pay their respects to the Padshah Saheb, despite the extreme temperature in the […]
Over 900 people – members and guests – descended upon Mumbai’s Parsee Gymkhana (PG) on 21st March, 2024, to celebrate the traditional equinoctial festival of Jamshedi Navroze. The occasion was graced by dignitaries – Rahul Narvekar – Hon. Speaker of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha; Makarand Narvekar – Municipal Corporator (Colaba constituency) and Sir Ron Khalifa […]
During the holy month of Dae, we perform Jashan ceremonies by way of thanks-giving at home, at the workplace as also at various community centers and places of worship. Since Dae is dedicated to Ahura Mazda – the Supreme Divinity and Creator, it is considered particularly meritorious to perform Jashan as a ritual form of […]
The Zoroastrian Association of California (ZAC) will be holding a Behram Yazad Jashan at the ZAC Atashkadeh/Agiary to pray for divine intervention on Behram Roj, 2nd May, 2021 at 7:30 om (IST). “This Behram Yazad Jashan is performed to achieve victory over the virus in India and to bring about Health, Strength, Longevity, and Happiness amongst our […]
If there ever was a time for being thankful to our forefathers for establishing that unique institution – ‘the Parsi Baug’ – it is now! Indeed, during the lockdown period triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, when many people are coping with a sense of isolation, we in our ‘Baugs’ feel a kindred sense of community. […]
Jashn-e-Mehergan was celebrated by Sazeman-E-Jawanan-E-Zartoshty-E-Irani, on 2nd October, 2019 at the NM Petit Fasli Atash Kadeh Hall in Mumbai. The program commenced with a Jashan at 5:00 pm, followed by Humbandagi. Darayush Zainabadi (Hon. Admin.) addressed the gathering in Persian about the significance of Mehergan. He also announced the date of the next Gambhar. Next […]
The Ava Yazad Nu Parab was celebrated with religious fervor by Thane’s Zarthostis on 24th March, 2019, at the adjoining holy well adjoining. A Jashan was performed at 5:00pm by Er. Kersi Sidhwa and Er. Adil Dastur at the Agiary. This was followed by a Thanksgiving Humbandagi at the holy Agiary well. Humdins gathered around […]
On 24th March, 2019, a Jashan was performed for the Ava Yazd Parabh at the Bhikha Behram Kua, which saw a huge gathering of over 200 devotees – young and old – attend the auspicious occasion. It was followed by a Humbandagi and a talk by the Community’s leading authority on Zoroastrian religion and philosophy, […]