Last evening as I mentioned I had to go for an event, it was my friend's traditional ceremony called Navjote. It is a ceremony that is done for a child in our religion latest by the age of 11, where the child is initiated into the religion. It's a very important ceremony in our tradition because after it is done the child is officially a Zoroastrian. If this ceremony is not done in childhood and when the person grows up the child cannot enter the Fire Temple, which is our sacred place of worship.
The ceremony is done in a very grand way, family and friends are invited and there is a big event just like a wedding which is arranged. There is a nice decoration done, and drinks and food arrangements are made, with dance and music and lots more. Everyone does it as per their budget capacity. Some people do it in a simple way whereas some do it in a very elaborate manner. The more important is the ceremony, the rest of the things are just as per the way one desires.
Got a very nice click with my Son at the event.
As you can see, how grandly it is done.
It was hectic and tiring for me, because I had a night long travel and then during the day I barely got some time to sleep and after that attending the function was a bit tiring, but then at the same time it was fun also because I got to catch up with a lot of my friends and known people.
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I have never heard of Zoroastrianism before. After a quick search I see it is a small and ancient Iranian religion that worships a being called Lord Mazda, the supreme being of the universe. Interesting. Thanks for sharing your photos.
Our community is very small, we are less then 100K in the whole world, probably the most minority religion in the world. We worship God who we call Ahuramazda through Fire and Zoroaster is our prophet. Our origins have been in Iran, somewhere in the 8th century when our religion was under attack in Iran, our ancestors fled from there to save the religion and majority of them settled in India and some in other parts of the world, where the religion got lost over time. In Iran there are still some Zoroastrians who are called Iranis.
Though our religion has been the most minority, there have been notable society contributions done by our ancestors in India and for that reason we are well known in our society.
Interesting : ) Thanks for the info!