A family trust commits to transform
one of Bombay’s largest crematoria into an
environmentally friendly facility
Farrokh Jijina
We will be open to any innovative ideas that come our way during the construction period…(though) our memorandum of understanding with the Bombay Municipal Corporation does not mention your Prayer Hall in particular,” stated Dr Ramnik Parekh, trustee of the Hiralal Parekh Parivar Charity Trust (HPPCT). The Trust is developing the Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Worli Smashan Bhumi (crematorium grounds) in central Bombay within which is housed the Prayer Hall where Parsis who opt for cremation can have the four-day funerary prayers performed. Parekh was responding on February 1, 2021 to Parsiana’s queries on whether the five-year-old Hall would also benefit......