On 24th March, 2017, numerous Zoroastrians flocked to the Radio Club Pier in Colaba to worship Avan Ardavisur Banu on the occasion of Ava Yazad Parab. The celebrations commenced with twenty-one mobeds performing a jasan, headed by Vada Dasturji of Udvada, Khurshed Dastoor, with a special reference to a prayer from the Ardavisur Niyaish, followed […]
Life is pleasure, they say, who preach that human self is nothing more than the sum total of desires and appetites and passions and the object of life is to attain their gratification. They live well, who derive maximum of pleasure out of life. Let all therefore enjoy as long as life endures. There […]
The following excerpt shares Zarathushtra explaining the meaning and significance of the omnipotent, ‘Yatha Ahu Vairyo’ prayer. The heart and the core of the Ahunavar or the Yatha Ahu Vairyo prayer is Spitama Zarathushtra, for His life is the living expression of this prayer, which centers around eternal truth, love and service to mankind. Zarathushtra […]
The Sacramento Zoroastrian Association (SZA) inaugurated its new Dar-E-Mehr on March 26, 2017, sharing its founding day with the inauguration of New York’s Dar-E-Mehr, exactly one year ago. The SZA is the latest member association of FEZANA (Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America) and its Dar-E-Mehr marks the third religious place of worship to […]
Zarathustra drew the lowly and lonely, the needy and neglected towards him and embraced them in his sympathetic heart. The noblest of men and women have always been willing servants of society. They have given the best of their time and energy and all to serve their fellow human beings. They have thought little of […]
All civilizations, including tribal communities, have worshipped the sun as an essential force of nature and source of life. The sun’s disappearance at night and its rising again in the morning symbolises death and rebirth. The sun is either worshipped as a personified, life-giving deity or as a symbol. Sun symbols are often shown by […]