Parsi Times is delighted to share the Navari ordainments of three of our dynamic, hard-working young boys – Er. Kylle Sharzad Sethna, Er. Thian Navroze Sanjana and Er. Xan Mahiyar Engineer. Er. Kylle Sethna Er. Kylle Sharzad Sethna was ordained Navar on 24th May, 2024 (Mah-Dae, Roj-Tir), at the Sorabji Thoothi Agairy (Walkeshwar, Mumbai) under the affectionate and able […]
Congratulations to Er. Neville Jijina, son of proud parents – Selena and Vistasp Jijina, on becoming an ordained priest, on 24th December, 2023, (Roj Khorshed, Maha Amardad; YZ 1393) at the J D Amaria (Sodawaterwalla) Agiari at Marine Lines, Mumbai. The Navar rituals were conducted under the guidance of Er. Pervez B. Karanjia, Panthaki of Sodawaterwall […]
According to Firdausi’s Shahnameh, during the prehistoric Peshdadian times (i.e., even before the advent of Asho Zarathushtra) Iranian society was divided into four classes or professions – Arthravan or Priest, Ratheshtar or warrior, Vastriyosh or farmer and Hutaos or artisan. This was similar to the ancient Vedic Varna system of Brahmin (priest, teacher, intellectual), Kshatriya […]
9-year-old (Er.) Verzan Karkaria, son of proud parents Jennifer and Er. Cherag Sam Karkaria, was ordained Navar on 2nd June, 2019, at Kappawalla Agiary (Tardeo, Mumbai), under the able guidance of Panthaki Er. Zubin Dalal, Er. Adil Bhesania and Er. Farshid Dalal. The Navar ceremony at Kappawalla Agiary was performed after a gap of over […]
14-year-old Syamak Adil Dastoor, son of proud parents – Farzana and Ervad Adil Dastoor, was ordained Navar on 5th May, 2019 (Roz Mareshpand, Mah Adar), at the Vatcha Gandhy Agiary, under the guidance of Er. Adil Jalejar Bhesania (Boiwalla) and Er. Asphandiar Rustomji Dadachanji, Panthaky – Vatchagandhy Agiary. Here’s extending heartiest congratulations, on behalf of […]
On 13th May, 2019, Anosh Vistasp Pochara, ten-year-old son of delighted parents, Rashna and Er. Vistasp Dara Pochara, was ordained Navar, at the Vatchha Gandhy Agiary (Hughes Rd), under the able guidance of Dasturji Er. Asphandiar R. Dadachanji and Er. Adil Bhesania, and trained under Roshan Keki Ravji and Er. Keki Ravji. Ervad Anosh hails […]
The Igatpuri Zarthosti Anjuman Dar-E-Meher celebrated its 132nd Salgreh on the 18th of May, 2019, with a Havan Geh machi at 7:00 am performed by Panthaki Er. Tehmtan Karanjia. Zarthostis who attended the occasion, many coming in from Mumbai, Nasik and Surat, were welcomed with sev and refreshments. The Jashan, which started at 10:00 am, […]
9-year-old Ervad Farzan Mehernosh Rabadi, son of Dilkhush and Er. Mehernosh Nariman Rabadi, was ordained Navar on April 28th, 2019 (Roj Daepmeher Mah Adar), from Sethna Agiary, under the guidance of Er. Khushravi Palia. Heartiest congratulations to Ervad Farzan!
Born and brought up in the USA, and currently residing in Houston, Er. Freyaan Vimadalal, son of Khushroo and Parynaz Vimadalal, was ordained Navar on 13th January, 2019. The Navar ceremony was performed by Er. Aspandiar R. Dadachanji and Er. Adil Bhesania in Mumbai’s Vatcha Gandhi Agiary. Freyaan was taught his Navar prayers by Er. […]
Nine-year-old Er. Darius Dastur was ordained Navar on 24th December, 2018, at Rustom Faramna Agiary, Dadar. Son of Er. Barjor Dastur and Khursheed Dastur, brother of Mahtab Dastur and grandson of late Mehernosh Dastur and late Nargesh Dastur (paternal) and Er. Hoshang Buchia and Perin Buchia (maternal), Darius learnt his Navar prayers in Houston, Texas, […]
11-year-old, Er. Maaher Neville Turel, son of Neville and Kainaz Turel, grandson of Mahafrid and Viraf Turel, and Armaity and Kersi Pooniwala was ordained Navar on 18th November, 2018, at the Rustom Faramna Agiary, Dadar. The ceremony was conducted by Er. Aspi Katila and Er. Jehaan Darbari, under the supervision of Er. Kaizad Karkaria and […]