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Unlike other Parsis who are traditionally taken to the “Tower of Silence” under the practice of Dakhma-Nashini, Tata was cremated. This departure from religious practice is a poignant example of how ...

Metallic- and non-metallic minerals, oil lubricants and polymer products were of the main goods exported from the provincial customs office, Mohammad Kazem Sadeghian added. He went on to say that ...

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The Parsis have historically laid their deceased in the “Dakhma” or “Tower of Silence” structures, which include wells and are exposed to the sun. Here, they are left to the elements and scavenging ...

Traditionally, the Parsi community practiced “sky burials” in which the deceased were placed in a Tower of Silence (Dakhma) and left exposed to the elements and scavenger birds. However ...

In the Parsi religion, after death, the body is left in the open for vultures to eat in the traditional cemetery called the Tower of Silence or Dakhma. Vultures eating dead bodies is also a part ...

The family and close relatives gather to pay their respects and participate in these prayers. THE TOWER OF SILENCE (DAKHMA) Traditionally, the body would be taken to the Tower of Silence, or 'Dakhma', ...

After this, the body is kept to the Tower of Silence or ‘Dakhma’, a specifically designed structure for funerals. From here it is exposed to nature and scavengers. Also read: How Ratan Tata Turned The ...

Typically, Parsis follow a ritual known as “Dakhma-nashini,” where the deceased are placed in a Tower of Silence, where vultures consume the body in accordance with their beliefs about the ...

While Hindus cremate the body, and Islam and Christianity involve burial, Parsis follow a unique practice where the deceased is placed atop the “Tower of Silence”, also known as a “Dakhma” to be left ...

Traditionally, the Zoroastrians disposed of their dead through a unique practice called "sky burial," where bodies are placed in a Tower of Silence (Dakhma) and exposed to natural elements and ...