The article "The Utsav’s utility” (Parsiana, January 21-February 6, 2025), pertains to the fourth Iranshah Udvada Utsav. I am not clear whether the Utsav was located close to the Iranshah and whether only Parsi culture was exhibited there. If that was so, perhaps it could be avoided as Zoroastrians visiting the Atash Behram venerate it as a place of religious pilgrimage and Bollywood style clothes and dances there would be in poor taste.
However, if the venue was elsewhere, we need to keep an open mind.
SUNNU GOLWALLA
Karachi, Pakistan
sunnu.golwalla@gmail.com
The editors reply:
The Utsav is held some distance away from the Iranshah Atash Behram, near the Udvada beach front.
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