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Godavara spruced up

Light bounced off the marble clad walls and the fragrance of sandalwood greeted early afternoon visitors for the celebratory jashan at the 193-year-old Seth Jamshedji Jejeebhoy Godavara (Gamadia) Agiary in Fort that has been spruced up by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) with contributions from community members, a handsome donation from BPP chairman Yazdi Desai and his wife Anahita, and a "young well-wisher from Panthaki Baug.” With the estimated 180 plus  devotees spilling over onto the main verandah and the aisle leading to the sanctum sanctorum, there was standing room only in the small hall on December 17, 2019, when......



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