Appeal for Parsi General

Date: Jan 24, 2008 10:51 PM
Subject: Appeal for Parsi General

Friends,

Could you help in publishing this appeal for the Parsi General please.

The following are missing in this hospital forcing many Parsi patients to
go elsewhere. The poor are worst effected.

Biopsy Procedure Facility = 2 lakh rupees
Dialysis machine = 10 lakh rupees
C.T. Scan = 1 Crore rupees
M.R.I. = 1 Crore rupees

The address is:

B.D. Petit Parsi General Hospital
Bomanjee Packet Road
A.K. Marg
Mumbai - 400036
Landmark: Near Kemps Corner
Phone: 022-23633212, 23633641

Regards,

Porus.

Sherevar roj, Sherevar mah YZ 1377 - and Salgrehs, Gahambars in this month

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tehemton B. Adenwalla
Date: Jan 20, 2008 9:38 AM
Subject: Sherevar roj, Sherevar mah YZ 1377 - and Salgrehs, Gahambars in this month
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>

Baname Khuda!

 

 

Dear Zarathushti humdins,

 

today is Sherevar roj, Sherevar mah, a parabh day in the year 1377.

 

Sherevar is one of the seven Ahmeshaspands and His sovereignity is over the mineral kingdom.

 

The co-workers of Sherevar Ahmeshaspand are:

* Khorshed Yazad

* Meher Yazad

* Mino Aasman

* Mino Aneran

 

Is there any Sherevar-nu-Parabh jashan in any agiary today.

 

The Salgrehs of Agiaries in this month are as follows:

 

Ardibehest roj (Sat, 19 Jan 2008)

- The Bai Dhunbai and Cawasji Dadabhai Daremehr (Dadgah), Bangalore

 

Asfandard roj (Mon, 21 Jan 2008)

- Ardeshir B Patel Agiary (Dadgah) at Salsette Baug, Andheri, Mumbai

 

Dae-pa-dar roj (Thurs, 24 Jan 2008)

- The M N Maneckji Daremeher, Daman

 

Adar roj (Fri, 25 Jan 2008)

- Anjuman Daremeher, Mhow / Indore, Madhya Pradesh

- Irani Daremeher, Dahanu

 

Meher roj (Fri, 1 Feb 2008)

- Kadmi Meherangan Jashan

 

Sarosh roj (Sat, 2 Feb 2008)

- J J Dadabhoy Agiary, Colaba, Mumbai

- Saher Agiary, Warden Road, Breach Candy, Mumai

- Bag-e-Parsa Adarian, Surat

- Faramji Cawasji Contractor Agiary, Vadodra (Baroda), Gujarat

- New Ghamat Daremeher, Bhatha

- Guzder Dadgah, Chikli, near Billimora/Gandevi, Gujarat

- Banoo Rustom Farokh Daremeher, Kerman, Iran

 

Behram roj (Tue, 5 Feb 2008)

- Karani Daremeher, Cusrow Bau, Mumbai

- Tata Agiary, Bandra

- Lady Avabhai J Jeejebhoy Adarian, Malesar, Navsari

 

Astad roj (Mon, 11 Feb 2008)

*** Paeteshhem Gahambar (Shahenshahi ) ***

*** Ayathrem Gahambar (Kadmi) ***

 

Aasman roj (Tue, 12 Feb 2008)

- Dumas Daremeher, Gujarat

 

If there are any errors or omissions in the above mini-calendar, please let us know.

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

Tehemton B. Adenwalla

 

LONG LIVE THE PARSEES !

From: Tehemton B. Adenwalla
Date: Jan 16, 2008 7:46 AM
Subject: Fw: LONG LIVE THE PARSEES !
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>

Baname Khuda!

An inspiring article forwarded to me.

Sincerely
Tehemton B. Adenwalla

________________________________

LNG LIVE THE PARSIS !

'Dying ? Who's dying ?' he asked, outraged. 'I'm not. And I have
extensions of myself - two sons and one daughter. So have you. Dying ?
What are you talking about ?'

But Fali, we are dying', I tried to explain. 'Read this article :'The
death rates are higher than birth rates. What can you say to that ?'

Fali belongs to the old, 'never-say-die' brigade. There was no way I
could convince him about the gravity of the situation.

'The whole world worries about us; most of our customs and rituals are
being documented for preservation.' I pressed on.

'What preservation ? Fali growled. 'I am here, jivto jagto ! Are you
scared, or what, by what these idiots are saying ? Heh, heh, heh', he
chortled. 'Nothing can wipe us out !' Fali put the thing in perfect
perspective.

'I don't believe these rubbishy statistics. If the Lord intended to
die out, our little boat would have been gulped down by the ocean when
we fled Iran. But he did not. We were just a HANDFUL that landed here
on the sands of Sanjan and see how many we are today. More than a lakh
all over the world.' (this is the most important I think we should
work on this paragraph, how did we multiply when we were only a few)

'He wanted us to do something and look what we have produced : gems
.......a JRD, a Palkhivala, a Fali Nariman, a Sam Manekshaw, a
Pirojshaw Godrej, not to talk of the Udvadias, the Sunawalas, the
Godiwallas and Zubin. We have brains and business acumen.'

'And 'Quality'. We don't produce children by the dozen, but what we
leave behind is quality stuff. It is nature's law that good things are
rare, like us. We have always been a minuscule community. Now if you
want to sit and cry, cry ! But I don't think we are doomed. If they
want to document us, let them ! We have yet much to do and much to
give!'

I watched him, bedazzled, as he put on his bushcoat to leave and
planted a Parsi kiss on cheek. I raised a hand in quiet salutation and
felt proud of the blood that flowed through my veins. He was like a
breath of fresh air in an overcrowded room. I sat transfixed for a
while. His attitude was convincing and contagious.

Probably it is this attitude that has kept us going. Numbers don't
count. It is all a matter of attitude !

This was send to me by a friend please pass it on to all Parsis.

WE R THE BEST,

HIP HIP HURRAY TO ALL THE PARSEES ON MOTHER EARTH.
WITH LOVE AND REGARDS TO ONE AND ALL.

Salgrehs of Agiaries on Sarosh roj, Amardad mah, YZ 1377 ( 3 Jan 2008, Thurs)

From: Tehemton B. Adenwalla
Date: Jan 3, 2008 11:53 AM
Subject: Salgrehs of Agiaries on Sarosh roj, Amardad mah, YZ 1377 ( 3
Jan 2008, Thurs)
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>

Baname Khuda!

Dear fellow Zarathushtis,

It is Sarosh roj today and Amardad mah of YZ 1377, an opportunity to
revere Atash Padshah's whose Salgrehs fall today. The secular date is
3 January 2008.

Please note that it is the 150th Salgreh of the Vatcha Gandhi Agiary
at Chowpatty today.

We have the Salgrehs of these wonderful Agiaries today:

1. Boyce Dhanapatel Agiary, Tardeo, Mumbai

This Adarian was consecrated in the year YZ 1203 (AD 1834) and is
hence 174 years old.

It is one of the 4 Agiaries in the Tardeo area, the other 3 being the
Sethna Agiary, Batliwalla Agiary and the Kappawalla Agiary. Lucky
residents of Tardeo!

The admirable part of this Agiary is that it does not have any
electricity connection. The trustees, management and Panthaki Sahebs
of this Agiary have to be congratulated for this correct decision,
since electricity and our ritual ceremonies do not go well with each
other. The electric and magnetic circuits cause interference with the
ritual ceremonies of our jashans and other prayers.

In day time, having no electric lights is not a problem at all, but
what about after sunset. The Agiary people have kept various bright
diva lamps at crucial places and nooks of the agiary to help devotees
find their way through.

I am not sure whether they have divas or other natural oil lamps in
the kebla room, will some one who frequents this agiary please inform
us.

Not having electricity is the correct stance and we wish that other
agiaries too follow this practise at least in the kebla rooms and
places where jashans and liturgical ceremonies are held. They may have
electricity in the other rooms where there are lectures held.

A very good explanation on how detrimental electricity is for Agiaries
can be found in many articles in the well read Dini-Awaz and Parsi
Pukar magazines, plus the columns of Parsi Avaz which we are fortunate
to have a glimpse of now and then. One useful article explaining how
Atash and electricity are mutually opposed is found at
http://tenets.zoroastrianism.com/elect33.html

2. Vatcha Gandhi Agiary at Chowpatty, Mumbai

The Mody Sohrabji Vatcha Gandhi Adarian at Chowpatty, minutes away
from the lovely Arabian Sea, was consecrated in the year AD 1227 ( AD
1858) and is therefore 150 years old today.

Congratulations on the 150th Anniversary !

What are the functions planned for this day - apart from the Salgreh
jashan, who will be lecturing today in its premises.

The current Panthaki Saheb of this Agiary is Ervad Aspandiar Dadachanji.

3. A K Pankhaky Agiary at Bandra, Mumbai
The Ervad Adarji Kharshedji Panthaky Adarian at Bandra was
consecrated in the year YZ 1299 (AD 1930) and is 78 years old today.

This agiary, along with the Tata agiary, serve well the needs of the
Parsi population at Bandra.

4. Belgamwalla Daremeher at Hoobly, Karnataka State

The Seth Hormusji Navroji Belgamwalla Daremeher (Dadgah) was
consecrated in the year YZ 1304 (AD 1935) and is therefore 73 years
old today.

How many Parsis stay at Hoobly? And at Belgaum today?

Sincerely
Tehemton B. Adenwalla

UDVADA PROBLEM - important points from Ervad Hoshang Bhadha

From: TZML Admn
Date: Jan 3, 2008 12:55 PM
Subject: Fw: UDVADA PROBLEM - important points from Ervad Hoshang Bhadha
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>, "(Ervad) Hoshang
Bhadha Ph.D."
Cc: TMYZ Moderator <TMYZ-owner@yahoogroups.com>, The Parsee Voice

Dear TZML members,

we share some important points made by Ervad Hoshang Bhadha on the
"Udvada problem"

Dear Ervad Bhadha,
Thank you for your letter.

We are sharing parts of your letter with TZML members, TMYZ officials,
the Parsee Voice and other Zarathushtis.

We warmly recommend that you join both TZML and TMYZ and restart
writing on various topics.

It is only by constant interaction and staying in touch that we can
overcome these hurdles.

Who is currently taking the lead in preservation of Udvada - perhaps
you should communicate with Parsee Voice. Their contact is
theparseevoice@yahoo.com

Wishing us all good luck and anticipating your joining the traditional
mailing groups soon.

Sincerely
TZML Admins

----- Original Message -----
From: Hoshang Bhadha
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:54 AM
Subject: UDVADA PROBLEM

Hello TZ Friends,
I am here in Udvada to perform Navjote of my two daughters. Inquiring
about the donations to Udavada Athornan & Samast Anjuman Fund, I read
JAm-e-Jamshed dated Dec 23rd 2007 where it states that funds were
received from many people (with names) in India & abroad. The list
shows only names & Z.Assoc of New-York.

I would like to know why other groups and Associations are not listed
as I understand the funds are contributed by many people from abroad
via their registered group or individually. Why only few are listed
showing this as a complete list of donations & if not where all the
contributions are going to if at all received by the Udvada Anjuman?
The newspaper says this amount (Rs.10.26 Lakhs) is collected during
this calender year.

In the past we have heard several cases of intermediaries collecting
money in the name of Udvada Anjuman & using it for personal use or
distributing among their acquaintances. I have seen many emails
talking about Udvada properties Zarathostis. iDid anybody from this
panel did anything besides writing emails to resolve these problems?.
* LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS PREFER TO SELL THEIR HOMES TO NON-ZARATHOSTIS
* ONLY 2% PEOPLE LIVING IN UDVADA ARE REALLY POOR. MAJORITY LIVES IN
AN AVERAGE LIFE-STYLE SACKING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEALTH VIA THEIR
ANCESTERS OR CHILDREN. HOWEVER THEY PREFER TO SHOW THE POOR-SIDE TO
OTHERS.
* QUESTIONS OF FUNDING IRANSHAH IS NOT EFFECTIVE FOR ITS MAINTENANCE.

Around 10 years back I have written an eye-opening article on Udvada
condition I recommend you all to read this article on TZM website once
again and reply to me so that I can highlight the effects of its
ignorance in todays Udvada.

Read many emails on "Heritage-town effects" on Udvada but nothing
about what YOU CAN DO personally to help stopping it.

I have a plan that I wanted to implement at the time of writing that
article. Anyway, when I saw the situation again encouraging serious
disasters in future I thought of highlighting once again with an
anticipation of getting valuable contributions from TZM Panel.

NO NEGATIVE THOUGHTS PLEASE. SOLUTION .... SOLUTION .... SOLUTION.

What You can do to resolve the problem. IDEAS, CONTRIBUTIONS are only
welcomed. LETS SEE WHO IS THE REAL-ONE.

Regards,
Ervad Hoshang J. Bhadha

Salgreh of the Dasturji Kookadaru Adarian at Sanjan today on Behram roj, Amardad mah, YZ 1377 ( Sun, 6 January 2007)

From: Tehemton B. Adenwalla
Date: Jan 6, 2008 7:06 AM
Subject: Salgreh of the Dasturji Kookadaru Adarian at Sanjan today on
Behram roj, Amardad mah, YZ 1377 ( Sun, 6 January 2007)
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>

Baname Khuda!

BEHRAM YAZAD PIROJGAR DUSHMAN-ZADAR!

Dear Zarathushti humdins,

today is Behram roj of Amardad mah in the year YZ 1377. ( Sunday,
6th January 2008).

It happens to be the Salgreh of the Dasturji Kookadaru Adarian at
Sanjan, Gujarat.

This Daremeher was consecrated in the year YZ 1360 ( AD 1990) and is
thus 17 years old, using the YZ 1377 - YZ 1360 dates.

Strangely, if the consecration date is AD 1990 as per Mr. Giara's
book's 1st edition on page 126, it becomes 18 years old.

Will Mr. Giara or someone else please clarify this discrepancy.

Whatever be the case, it makes it one of the youngest Adrians in the community.

Quoting from Mr Giara's book: "This Daremeher was consecrated in
memory of Dasturji Kookadaroo, a saintly pious Dastoor well known
amongst the Parsi community for having performed miracles."

About the Adarian it says "Unique features: The base of the afarganyu
is a tripod. Two sacred winged bulls Sarosh Yazad Saheb bull and
Burges Yazad Saheb bull adorn the main gate." [ Burges = Burjish ]

We pray that, where possible, more and more Parsis take up residence
in the towns of Sanjan, Udvada, Pardi, Valsad, Navsari,Surat, Bharuch,
etc and thereby look after the properties of our community by taking
an interest in its welfare.

Sincerely
Tehemton B. Adenwalla

Salgrehs of Agiaries and Gahambars in Amardad mah, YZ 1377 (Dec 07 - Jan 08)

From: Tehemton B. Adenwalla
Date: Dec 30, 2007 9:57 AM
Subject: Salgrehs of Agiaries and Gahambars in Amardad mah, YZ 1377
(Dec 07 - Jan 08)
To: TZML <TraditionalZarathushtris@yahoogroups.com>

Baname Khuda!

Dear Zarathushti humdins,

these are the Salgrehs of Agiaries in the month of Amardad YZ 1377
(Dec 07 - Jan 08)

Some of these salgrehs have already passed this time, nevertheless
hope the list will help devotees next year.

Bahman roj on 19 Dec 2007, Wed:
1. Shapoorji F Jokhi Dare-meher at Godrej Baug, Mumbai
2. Avan Bag Dadgah, Malesar, Navsari

Ardibehest roj on 20 Dec 2007, Thurs:
1. Sir J J Godavra Adarian at Fort, Mumbai
2. Hamawalla Daremeher, Bharuch.
3. Katrak Daremeher, New Delhi

Asfandard roj on 22 Dec 2007, Saturday:
1. Vadi Daremeher, Navsari
2. Mewawalla Dadgah, Neemuch

Amardad roj on 24 Dec 2007, Monday:
1. Umrigar Dadgah, Vadodara (Baroda)

Adar roj on 26 Dec 2007, Wednesday
1. Vicajee Meherjee Daremeher, Sholapur

Tir roj on 30 Dec 2007, Sunday
1. Khan Daremeher at Nanpura, Surat

Sarosh roj on 3 Jan 2008, Thurs:
1. Boyce Dhanapatel Agiary, Tardeo, Mumbai
2. Vatcha Gandhi Agiary at Chowpatty, Mumbai
3. A K Pankhaky Agiary at Bandra, Mumbai
4. Belgamwalla Daremeher at Hoobly

Behram roj on 6 Jan 2008, Sunday:
1. Dasturji Kookadaroo Daremeher, Sanjan.

Ashtad roj on 12 Jan 2008, Saturday
*** Paeteshhem Gahambar ***

Humdins may write about these salgrehs if they happen to visit the
Agiary on the day.

Even advance notification of jashans and lectures to take place on
these days will be appreciated by one and all.

Sincerely,
Tehemton B. Adenwalla