No religion can survive without an enlightened clergy. The success and survival of the Zoroastrian religion is therefore directly linked to our priests (mobeds). Training well educated mobeds is very vital for our community for without trained erudite priests we risk a bleak future for our religion.
The Dadar Athornan Institute (DAI), popularly known as Dadar Madressa, established in 1919 by the Athornan Mandal, Bombay, has been training youths from priestly families for over 100 years. More than 500 young athornans have received training here and earned name and fame for themselves, their families as well as for the DAI.
At present......