Calligrapher Perin Pudumjee Coyaji has created a scroll of the 1001 names of Ahura Mazda printed on cloth. The item can be used for meditation, healing or as a respectful display of sacred art. Introduced on Parsi New Year in August 2025, the scroll was initiated by a Parsi healer who called her one October evening last year and insisted she create it, the Poona based calligrapher informed Parsiana.
Above: calligrapher Perin Pudumjee Coyaji; r: sacred scroll
The digital print of the scroll is a 2ft x 5ft georgette textile drape with rods for hanging. It was designed by Raju Gondhlekar with creative consultant Zehra Tyabji. The scroll is a limited-edition print, priced at Rs 2,000 plus shipping. A copy can be reserved for self or gifting by messaging Pudumjee Coyaji on WhatsApp at 9822659075.
Earlier, she was involved with The 1001 Names of Ahura Mazda project (see "What’s in a name?” Parsiana, September 21-October 6, 2023) followed by the launch of a calligraphy coffee table 2023 edition, a paper presented at Typoday forum the same year, a smaller prayer book edition 2024 including a historic audio project link available online across platforms, she listed in an email sent to Parsiana. These names were transliterated and translated from Avestan by Ervad (Dr) Rooyintan Peer based on the 1951 booklet by Ervad Edulji K. Karkaria which had a foreword by Dastur Dinshawji Dastur Meherjirana.
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