NAVROZ

Aug. 18, 2019

Parsis in India celebrated New Year or Navroz on August 17. In Iran, Zoroastrians celebrated the New Year on the Spring Equinox, March 21.

About: 

  • Navroz also pronounced as Nowruz is the beginning of the Parsi New Year.

  • It is celebrated for health, wealth, prosperity and productivity.

  • The day is filled with exciting celebrations, wearing new clothes, greetings relatives and friends, exchanging sweets and presents and so on. This is also a day to rejoice the chosen range of delicacies.

  • The central feature of the day is visiting the Fire Temple and offering prayers to the deities Khorshed and Meher, who are considered the presiding deities of sun and moon respectively.

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