A “duty” to Doongerwadi

Precious community assets must be maintained, stated donor Capt Percy Master

"To say that the bungli has been renovated and repaired would be an insult to the donors. They have transformed the bungli,” said Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) trustee Anahita Desai addressing a hall full of invitees at the reopening of the 76-year-old Khanbahadur Bejon Manekji Hodiwala Bungli funerary prayer hall at Doongerwadi on December 27, 2023. "The transformation took over five months and the Master family has spared no expense,” Desai noted. Arin, Percy, Xerrxes and Kainaz Master refurbished the bungli in memory of Xerrxes’s first wife Pinaz who was tragically struck down by a hit-and-run driver outside the Princess Victoria......



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