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 ...

After more than a decade of controversy, a growing number of Mumbai’s Parsi Zoroastrians are now choosing to cremate their deceased loved ones instead of consigning them to the traditional Towers of ...

Parsi victims of Covid-19 are being denied their ancient traditional funeral rites and forcibly cremated, leaving families traumatized and a community enraged against its leaders. Parsi Doongerwadi at ...

Mumbai: The last rites of Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Group, was conducted on Thursday at the Worli municipal crematorium where the Parsis have built a prayer hall. Tata is among many ...

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The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre that it may consider tweaking the protocols for the burial of bodies of COVID-19 victims in a way that essential tenets of the Zoroastrian belief are also ...

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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 ...

Former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry, 54, who died in a car accident on Tuesday, was cremated. The Hindu Crematorium in Worli hosted the final rites, which were attended by family, close relatives, ...