Happy Parsi New Year | Parsi new year 2020 | When is Parsi new year 2020

Happy Parsi New Year |  Parsi new year 2020 | When is Parsi new year 2020

Today, people of Parsi community are celebrating their new year with great enthusiasm all over the world. The New Year of the Parsi community is called Navroz. It is also known as Pateti and Jamshedi Navroz. People of Parsi community in India celebrate their new year according to the Shahanshahi Almanac. Parsi community people live in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Hence Navroz festival is celebrated here with pomp.

Folk tale related to Navroz

The Parsi community associated with Navroz is a very popular folk tale. According to this, it is said that on this day Emperor Jamshed saved the people of Paras (today's Iran) from a possible natural disaster. He started the Parsi calendar on this day. Since then, Parsi communities have been celebrating this day as Navroz.

This is the Zoroastrian calendar

A year in the Parsi calendar is 360 days and the remaining 5 days are kept as a saga to remember their ancestors. It is celebrated just 5 days before the end of the year.

How Navroz is celebrated

The Parsi community celebrates Navroz festival with great enthusiasm. On this day the house is cleaned. The Parsis go to the fire temple wearing new clothes and greet each other after prayers. Many types of dishes are made on this day. On this day people of Parsi community wake up early in the morning on the Parsi New Year and take bath. Decorate their homes. Different types of Rangolis are made in the house. People celebrate this festival by offering gifts to their relatives.

Beliefs related to Navroz

Zoroastrians worship Agni. On this day, Parsis go to the place of worship (fire temple) and pray. On this day, the Parsis resolve to abandon their evil deeds and pray to Agni Dev that their new year brings happiness and prosperity in their lives.

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