The Bombay Municipal Corporation’s ban on the immersion of ashes in the sea has raised the issue of where to dispose of the ashes from the consecrated fires. The Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has stepped in to assist, creating special pits on the Doongerwadi grounds for the purpose.
"Pits have been created to help fire temples because not everybody has a place to dispose of the ashes,” BPP chairman Viraf Mehta told The Free Press Journal (FPJ) of January 28, 2025. Elaborating further, Ervad (Dr) Ramiyar Karanjia, principal of the Dadar Athornan Institute, told the newspaper that fire temples with large......