. PT: Who can perform the Vandidad and Nirang Din prayers and where do they need to be performed? Er. Mehenty: Vandidad and Nirangdeen ceremonies can be performed only by Mobeds who have completed Sampuran Navar and Martab ceremonies from Madressa (Yozasthregar Mobeds). It can be done only by Barshnum Mobeds. Vandidad and Nirangdeen are […]
Tag: Volume 07- Issue 37
Sports Roundup – 30th December 2017
CRICKET India Whitewash Sri Lanka With A 3-0 Win In T20s A commanding overall performance from team India helped them overpower visitors Sri Lanka at the Wankhede stadium, winning the game by 5 wickets as former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the winning stroke in style for a four. Batting first, the Lankan lions notched […]
Caption This – December 30, 2017
Calling all our readers to caption this picture! The wittiest caption will win a fabulous prize! Send in your captions at mail.parsitimes@gmail.com by 3rd January, 2018.
SC Scraps Tardeo Agiary Land Deal
The Supreme Court recently scrapped the Tardeo Agiary land deal, citing, “there was no urgency to throw away the valuable property of the Trust. It would have defeated the very object of creation of the Trust for the preservation and protection of religion and Parsi culture.” Fourteen years after BC Batliwala Agiary Trustees sold the […]
Spiritual Auditing In The New Year
New Years are a perfect opportunity for taking stock of your life, auditing, accounting and doing a bit of spiritual Hisaab-Kitaab. We are almost into 2018 and are a year older than what we were last year. Also, we have lost one more year of this precious incarnation if we have not made any spiritual progress. We […]
Tribute To Amardad
. Ameretat or Amardad (Immortality) is the Seventh Amesha Spenta – Divine Energy/Force of Ahura Mazda which Zoroastrians call the “Bounteous Immortals.” In the Zoroastrian tradition, each Amesha Spenta has guardianship over a Good Creation of Ahura Mazda, thus representing the Presence of God in the physical world. Ameretat or Amardad represents Plants. A devout […]
Asha Vahishta – The Zoroastrian Center Inaugurated In Pune
On 25th December, 2017, Dadgah ‘Asha Vahishta – The Zoroastrian Center’, was inaugurated in Pune, under the umbrella of Association for Revival of Zoroastrianism (ARZ), which will have its doors open to intermarried Parsis and their children, as also Zoroastrian enthusiasts who seek a greater understanding about the religion. A jasan ceremony was performed which […]
Iranshah Udvada Utsav – 2017
Highlights The second edition of the Iranshah Udvada Utsav (IUU 2017) was immaculately organised, amidst much pomp and delight, from 23rd to 25th December 2017, at the spacious Udvada Gymkhana grounds. Organised by the Foundation for Development of Udvada and supported by the Department of Tourism, Government of Gujarat and Udvada Samast Anjuman, the three […]