Adar mah in Udvada

The holy month of Adar usually corresponded with the summer post-exam May school vacation. Eighty years ago Udvada had a sizable Parsi population. Devotees, believers in the hamkar (auspicious) roz of Adar would throng to the Iranshah Atash Behram, not to mention the tourists and vacationers who occupied hotels and bungalows to enjoy the weather. Udvada’s beach was a great attraction as sea erosion was unknown then. Devotees would visit the shore to pray to Ava Ardivisur and to gaze at the spectacle of the setting sun.   Udvada’s beach was a great attraction for visitors Vendors set up mandaps (stalls), doing thriving......



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