The Indo-European Twin Yima, and the Celebration of the First Dawn of Spring...
Vernal Equinox marks the beginning of the Zoroastrian New Year and is the most sacred of all the Zoroastrian religious festivals. The rites associated with the celebration of Vernal Equinox and New...
View ArticleThe Autumn festival of Miθrá
The autumnal festival of Miθrá falls on October 2nd in the ancient seasonal Zoroastrian Calendar! Zoroastrians consider Miθrá, the guardian of early morning hours after dawn, and invoke him in their...
View ArticleHomage to Heavens and Light in Zoroastrianism
The direction faced by Zoroastrians during meditations/prayers is narrated in the 53rdchapter of DĀDESTÁN Í MĒNÖG Í ḴRAD(Judgments or Decisions of the Spirit of Wisdom.) The book itself consists of 63...
View ArticleMidsummer Festivities and celebration of Sirius, called Tištar or the...
The Zoroastrian Mid-Summer festivities start on June 29 and last till July 3rd. During the Mid-Summer festivities on July 1st, the brightest star in the sky or Sirius, called Tištar or the Three-stars...
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