On water, wishes and worship

Had the Bhikha Behram Well’s (BBW) reputation as a boon granting wishing well been more widely known, its precincts would perhaps be thronged by crowds greater than at the Gateway of India. However, most people, from the commuter on the Andheri fast to the authorities, believe that it is an exclusive Parsi place of worship. Is it really? Of course, snort the orthodox, it is a place of worship for Parsi Zoroastrians only. The strident fanatic puts it less diplomatically: "Are you blind or you don’t understand English? Read the (‘Parsis only’) board before asking unnecessarily, provocative questions!” Perhaps it is......



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