Parsi Times

A Holistic Weekly for the Parsi Irani Zoroastrian Community

The Parsi Migration: Nilgiri Hills And Mysore

PT special November 23, 2024 PT Reporter 0 Comments

The three Nilgiris townships of Ooty, Coonoor and Wellington (in Tamil Nadu), collectively make a picturesque hill-station, first discovered in the early 1820s. Seth Pestonji Nusserwanji Bottlewalla, the first Parsi to reach Ooty in 1829, along with brothers Jehangirji and Framji, established a general provision store, ‘Europe Shop’, which catered to the British Army. In […]

Wreath Laying Ceremony Honouring Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw At Wellington

Community News July 1, 2023 PT Reporter 0 Comments

A wreath-laying ceremony was organised by the Madras Regimental Center (MRC) and Station Headquarter, Wellington, in the Nilgiris, on 27th June, 2023, to commemorate the 15th death anniversary of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. On behalf of the tri-services fraternity, Lt. Gen. Virendra Vats, Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) laid a wreath at […]