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 ...

Royapuram Parsi Fire Temple, Chennai. The Royapuram Parsi Temple, famously known as Jal Phiroj Clubwala Dar-e Mehr, is one of the most prominent and sole Parsi temples in Chennai.

Centenary function of Parsi Fire Temple begins On the occasion, Dr Abdul Kalam stressed the need to find the reasons why the Parsi population in India is reducing.

The fire from the Vendidad and Faresta will be enthroned inside the temple,” said Mistry. The Parsi Resource Group has more than 650 Parsi priests registered with the trust.

SECUNDERABAD: The Parsi Fire Temple, known as Khan Bahadur Edulji Sohrabji Chenoy Anjuman Dar-e-Meher, is gearing up for the centenary celebrations. The grandiose structure, which was built in ...

An Atash Behram is a fire temple of the highest order in which a sacred fire, from 16 different sources, is maintained. India has eight such Atash Behrams, apart from over 150 fire temples.

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.

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 ...