પારસી જશ્ન (ફરવરદેગાન, મેહેર, આવાં, આદર)

🙏 શા માટે ઉજવાય છે

In the Zoroastrian calendar each of the 30 days and 12 months is named after a divine being (Yazata). When a day and a month share a name, it is a Jashan (parab): Farvardegan (Farvardin — the souls), Meher (Mithra — light and truth), Avan (the waters) and Adar (fire).

📖 આની પાછળની કથા

On Avan Jashan families go to the sea, a river or a well to offer flowers, sugar and coconut to the waters and pray to Ardvi Sura Anahita. On Adar Jashan the household fire is honoured — families clean the kitchen hearth and draw chalk patterns there. On Meher Jashan (Mehergan) the harvest and the light of truth are celebrated; on Farvardegan prayers are said for the departed at the fire temple and at the Towers of Silence (dokhma).

🪔 કેવી રીતે ઉજવવો

• Attend the jashan ceremony at the agiary
• On Avan, offer flowers at the sea or a well; on Adar, honour the hearth fire
• Recite the prayer for the Yazata of the day
• Share a festive meal