Zoroaster

Traditional Parsis in India.

History of the Parsee. Zoroastrianism in India.

A Marriage Ceremony

Ceremony of Investiture with the Sudra and Kusti.

Plan of a tower of silence.

Source: History of the Parsis: including their manners, customs, religion and present position by Dosabhai Framji Karaka; in two volumes. London, 1884.

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