The North American Mobeds Council has introduced an Athravan program where suitably trained and religiously qualified Zoroastrian aspirants will be initiated as priests
Text: Parinaz M. Gandhi Photos: Jasmine D. Driver
"We have always taken our religion for granted. We have always thought that born into this great religion that we are so proud of… the padshah saheb (sacred fire) will look after us. It is our duty to look after the padshah,” stated Dastur Khurshed Dastoor of Udvada after leading 16 priests in A jashan at the Bhandara Atash Kadeh on the last day of the 18th North American Zoroastrian Congress in Houston that coincided with Bahram roz, January 1, 2025.
Just as an atash behram fire is an amalgam of embers from 16 different households, furnaces and natural sources, in......