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21-Apr-2017

 
 

Sanctified in Sacramento

The recently inaugurated Dar-e-Mehr in Sacramento was made possible with community support and a generous donation from the Zoroastrian Charity Funds of Hong Kong, Canton and Macao
Parinaz Gandhi

Ninety-three-year-old Ervad Sorab Chhor’s last wish was fulfilled at the Sacramento Dar-e-Mehr that was inaugurated on Fasli Khordad Sal, March 26, 2017. The seniormost of the seven priests was able to pray alongside his 18-year-old grandson Ervad Rustum Chhor and other North American priests at the first jashan led by Ervad Kobad Jamshed at the recently opened temple before breathing his last five days later. The other priests were Ervads Ardaviraf Minocherhomji, president of the North American Mobeds Council, Homyar Dastoor and Ratansha Vakil. The Sacramento Zoroastrian Association (SZA) in the capital city of California having a predominantly Iranian membership,......



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The purchase of the premises, construction of the Dar-Be-Meher building, and the hall premises was a master stroke played by the Zarathusti women of the greater Sacramento area. hats off to them. Ever since we came to live in Davis, California, we had to drive over 200 miles to San Jose to attend functions and pray at the Dar-Be-Meher located on the road to Mt. Hamilton. It was becoming very strenuous to go and return the same day. Hence, a new Dar-Be-Meher in the Sacramento area will be a great boom to Zarathustis like us. The enthusiasm of the Irani Zarathustis is to be admired. I am confident that it will be they who will carry the message of Zarthos Saheb forward in to the future.

As for the Parsis from India and Pakistan, the first generation of immigrants do take part in religious activities and attend functions, but I am not sure if the fervor for the faith will continue in to the next generation as a good number of their children are married to non-Zoroastrians.
- Ardeshir B Damania
- 29-Apr-2017