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Sacred Sounds: The Living Power of Mathravani and Manthra

Features, Religion April 4, 2026 PT Reporter 0 Comments

-By Sarosh Y. Mobedjina Step into an Agiary at dawn. The air is still. The fragrance of sandalwood rises gently. A mobed begins to chant. The words are ancient, their cadence steady, their resonance deep. Even if one does not understand every syllable, something shifts within. The mind quietens. The atmosphere changes. This is the […]

The Avesta Scriptures

Religion June 10, 2023 Noshir H. Dadrawala 0 Comments

We often talk about our Holy Avesta Scriptures. However, what exactly are these scriptures? How many are extant and how many have been lost over the vicissitudes of time? Twenty-one volumes of Avesta: It is believed that there were originally twenty-one Nasks or volumes of the Avesta from the time of Asho Zarathushtra, which […]