Navroz Mubarak: Parsi community celebrate their New Year, wishes pour in from all over

August 17 marks  beginning of a new year for Parsi community. Kwn as Navroz or wruz, event is considered to date back to almost 3,000 years and is sought to be beginning of Parsi calendar.

Kwn to be single largest group of Zoroastrian religious community, this day is of vital significance for Parsis. While Zoroastrians across world celebrated ir New Year March 21, closer home community is celebrating Navroz on August 17. While community reveled in ir merrymaking, greetings poured in from celebrities across all domains sending in ir heartfelt wishes for community.

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From Politicians Smriti Irani, Home Minister Amit shah to celebrities like Sachin Tendulkar and Amitabh Bacchan also took to Twitter to extend ir warm greetings for community,

While on a two- day visit to Bhutan, Prime Minister Modi also took out time from his busy schedule to wish community on this happy occasion. 

In India, majority of Parsi community resides in Mumbai and Gujarat, where a regional holiday is observed on this day. Since people in India and Pakistan follow Shahenshahi calendar, which does t take into account leap years, Parsi New Year is celebrated in se countries about 200 days after it is celebrated across world.

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