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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...