The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has shared plans to re-introduce vultures in Mumbai’s Doongerwadi (Tower of Silence) to counteract the dwindling numbers. BNHS will work with the community to achieve this objective. After having recently released ten long-billed vultures in Pench National Park and Tadoba Tiger Reserve for the same reasons, BNHS will extend […]
Tag: Volume 13- Issue 42
Your Moonsign Janam Rashi This Week –
27 January – 02 February 2024
મરહુમ મહારાજ શ્રી સ્વયંજ્યોતિના સહકાર્યકર્તા જયેશ એમ. ગોસ્વામી .+ ARIES | મેષ: અ.લ.ઈ. છેલ્લું અઠવાડિયું રાહુની દિનદશામાં પસાર કરવાનું બાકી છે. ઉતરતી રાહુની દિનદશા તમને પરેશાન કરશે. બચાવેલા પૈસાનો અચાનક ઉપયોગ કરવો પડશે. પૈસાની ખેંચતાણ ખૂબ રહેશે. પડી જવાના ચાન્સ છે તેથી સંભાળજો. તમારી નાની ભૂલ તમને ખૂબ પરેશાન કરશે. દરરોજ ‘મહાબોખ્તાર નીઆએશ’ ભણજો. શુકનવંતી […]
Udwada’s Pak Iranshah Atash Behram Gets Second High Priest
The Udwada Nine Family Shehenshahi Athornan Anjuman and The Udwada Samast Anjuman have announced the ordainment of a second High Priest – Er. Tehemton B. Mirza – to tend to the most holy Shreeji Pak Udwada Iranshah Atash Behram. He succeeds, and ascends the prestigious gadi of, Late Dasturji Peshotan H. Mirza. Er. Mirza will […]
Parsi Tenor Minoo Golvala Passes Away
Minoo Golvala – Mumbai-born opera singer, who was also known as the ‘Mario Lanza of Bombay’, passed away in London on 19th January, 2024, at the age of 88 years, after a prolonged illness. Born in 1936 into a Parsi family, Golvala studied at St Xavier’s College and used to sing for the Times and […]
Zubin Mehta Receives Munich’s Golden Medal of Honor
Indian-born, legendary Music Conductor, 87-year-old maestro – Zubin Mehta, was honoured for his lifetime’s musical legacy with the Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Munich, on 26th January, 2024. The ceremony was accompanied by a concert from the Munich Philharmonic, which played works by Weber, Ravel, and Johann Strauss II, under the baton of Lahav […]
Similarities Between Consecrating A Hindu Temple And Zoroastrian Fire Temple
The consecration (Prana pratishtha) ceremony, conducted on 22nd January, 2024, of the Ram Lalla (infant form of Lord Ram) Murti (idol) in Ayodhya, received tremendous attention worldwide. This ceremony reminded many of us of how our sacred Agyari and Atash Bahram fire, and the building housing the sacred fire, are also consecrated – first physically […]
Mobedji Father-Son Duo Ace Another Bombay Marathon
Regular participants in the annual Bombay Marathon – the inspiring 73-year-old Er. Jehangirji Mobedji, who has dedicatedly served as Panthaky for 44 years, at Mumbai’s Dadysett Agiary (Fountain), and his son, Yazad – completed the 2024 edition of the Marathon, reiterating their steely determination towards the sport. 40-year-old Yazad and his father competed alongside over […]