Two of the museum's most compelling exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple. The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature ...

Delhi Parsi Anjuman (DPA) president Dadi E Mistry, now in his 70s, remembers how his grandfather would have a holy fire burning in their own house. In 1961, a Dar-e-Mehr (fire temple) was finally ...

Hyderabad: The Parsi community in the twin cities celebrated the 175 th anniversary of the Parsi Fire Temple in Secunderabad in a grand manner on Sunday by gathering at the temple and offering ...

A Parsi fire temple visited frequently by Zoroastrians in Mumbai, India, Oct. 11, 2023. (RNS photo/Priyadarshini Sen) Two decades ago, no fewer than 25 students were enrolled at the institute, and ...

Mumbai’s Second Oldest Parsi Fire Temple Restored;By the end of the nineteenth century, the agiary was dilapidated and it was rebuilt in 1891 in a style that blends Greek, Roman, and Persian ...

It predates the Parsi Fire temple Jal Phiroj Clubwala Dar-e-meher, by 2 and half years. Set less than 200 metres away, the temple was built in 1910 in memory of Jal, the young son of ...

An elderly Parsi woman at the fire temple in Tardeo, Mumbai | Photo Credit: Getty Images One finds the agiary on the western coast of India, in Mumbai and towns such as Sanjan and Diu in Gujarat.

Two of the museum's most compelling exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple. The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature ...

The Secunderabad fire temple (agiary) is the oldest Parsi place of worship in South India and was built by two renowned merchants and philanthropists - Seth Viccaji Meherji and Seth Pestonji ...

Two of the museum's most compelling exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple. The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature ...