Parsis brought their Zoroastrian faith, and unique funeral rituals, to India from Iran a thousand years ago. Parsis believe burying or cremating... Vanishing Vultures A Grave Matter For India's Parsis ...

The government has told the Supreme Court it will not change cremation/burial protocols for the bodies of those who died of COVID-19 in order to accommodate funeral rites of the Parsi community, who ...

Members of Ratan Tata's family are expected to attend the meeting at the Rustom Baug grounds, Byculla,at 5.30 pm on Sunday, October 27, to honour and recall his extraordinary life. Padma Vibhushan ...

Mumbai: For the first time in the recorded history of the 350-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the central trust of Parsi-Zoroastrians, the body of a former chairman was cremated and not given a ...

While it is unclear if Ratan Tata's funeral rites will be conducted following the Parsi rituals, the Zoroastrian community considers the natural elements to be sacred and therefore they believe by ...

The BMC has barred the Parsi practice of letting the bodies of community members dying of Coronavirus decay naturally saying traces of the virus could spread through pallbearers Most Parsis are ...