A 21-kilo sandalwood maachi, the unfurling of the Kavyani flag, and its traditional procession with much pomp and pageantry ("gaajtu vaajtu”) through the adjoining Parsi mohallas (localities), kicked off the 195th salgirah celebrations of the Seth Dadabhai Naoshirwanji Modi Atash Behram which fell on October 2 this year, notes Ervad Harvesp Sanjana, secretary of the Shri Surat Athornan Mandal.
Celebrating in Surat, (top) unfurling the Kavyani flag at the Modi Atash Behram; (top right) attending mobeds;
(above, from left): Ervads Faredoon Turel and Darius Katrak, Dastur Cyrus Dastur, Tehmurasp Modi, Zavareh Wadia
A 30-mobed jashan led by Surat......