Parsi people celebrating new year day festival Pateti today
August 17, 2016
Ahmedabad: It’s Parsi new year day Pateti today. Presented here are file pictures of Pateti festival celebrated at various ‘Agiyaris’ in the city of Ahmedabad that has very small population of Parsis. Parsi population in India was down by 22% in 2001-2011 period which is a matter of worry.
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