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Respect the regulations
Every community has a responsibility to safeguard its religious tenets and social institutions within constitutional provisions to preserve its racial cultural heritage. There are regulations and long standing traditions to protect and preserve this.
There are protests against restrictions and demarcations regarding the entry of non-Parsis in agiaries. It is argued that there is no strict mandate in our religion restricting entry and the doors of agiaries should be open for any Tom, Dick and Harry.
There is nothing to see by way of architecture décor inside fire temples. There is a prayer hall, the special gumbaj for the consecrated fire, and demarcated urvisgah area for the pav mahal rituals. A deep well is located near the verandah. Inside an agiary there is a spiritual atmosphere. The holy sanctum sanctorum has an influential aura. Fire is a living vibrant identity giving warmth, light and inspiration.
The protestors argue that as the same blood flows in everyone’s veins, there should be no discrimination. They forget that there are various qualities of blood in blood banks which have different potentials, such as plus and minus groups. Before infusing fresh blood into a patient surgeons are careful to get details from the blood report. If the hemoglobin count is low, or there is poor immunity or diabetes, they do not proceed with the surgery. Blood contains vital elements of racial quality or cultural heritage which is diluted or entirely washed off due to mixture with alien groups.
Disregarding the historical background, the protestors argue fiercely that anyone be allowed to enter our fire temples and be welcomed in our community. Do they know about the militant attitude of the Muslims regarding conversions in Iran?
Our forefathers opted to avoid conflict with anyone and retain amicable behavior as promised in the court of Sanjan’s King Jadi Rana. They forsook their motherland and prosperity to preserve the purity of blood and to remain vigilant regarding their cultural heritage.
In barring entry to fire temples there is no intention to insult anyone. There are restrictions and demarcation for Parsis as well. Without cleanliness of body they are not allowed entry. They have to pray outside the gumbaj where the consecrated fire is located. In some fire temples only those who have undergone the spiritual bath of bareshnum can enter the sanctum sanctorum and perform rites.
There are protests against restrictions and demarcations regarding the entry of non-Parsis in agiaries. It is argued that there is no strict mandate in our religion restricting entry and the doors of agiaries should be open for any Tom, Dick and Harry.
There is nothing to see by way of architecture décor inside fire temples. There is a prayer hall, the special gumbaj for the consecrated fire, and demarcated urvisgah area for the pav mahal rituals. A deep well is located near the verandah. Inside an agiary there is a spiritual atmosphere. The holy sanctum sanctorum has an influential aura. Fire is a living vibrant identity giving warmth, light and inspiration.
The protestors argue that as the same blood flows in everyone’s veins, there should be no discrimination. They forget that there are various qualities of blood in blood banks which have different potentials, such as plus and minus groups. Before infusing fresh blood into a patient surgeons are careful to get details from the blood report. If the hemoglobin count is low, or there is poor immunity or diabetes, they do not proceed with the surgery. Blood contains vital elements of racial quality or cultural heritage which is diluted or entirely washed off due to mixture with alien groups.
Disregarding the historical background, the protestors argue fiercely that anyone be allowed to enter our fire temples and be welcomed in our community. Do they know about the militant attitude of the Muslims regarding conversions in Iran?
Our forefathers opted to avoid conflict with anyone and retain amicable behavior as promised in the court of Sanjan’s King Jadi Rana. They forsook their motherland and prosperity to preserve the purity of blood and to remain vigilant regarding their cultural heritage.
In barring entry to fire temples there is no intention to insult anyone. There are restrictions and demarcation for Parsis as well. Without cleanliness of body they are not allowed entry. They have to pray outside the gumbaj where the consecrated fire is located. In some fire temples only those who have undergone the spiritual bath of bareshnum can enter the sanctum sanctorum and perform rites.
NOSHIR DABOO
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
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