(43 min; dvd; English)

 

Director: Babak Golroz

 

 

 

Chak Chak (drip-drip, also known as The Green Pir) is the most sacred of the mountain shrines of Zoroastrianism, in the desert of Central Iran. Legend has it that Chak Chak is where Nikbanou, the second daughter of the last pre-Islamic Persian ruler, Yazdegerd III of the Sassanid Empire, was cornered by the invading Arab army in 640 CE

 

 

 

Followed by a talk on:  

 

Zoroastrianism and Ecology

 

Speaker: Dr. Homi Dhalla, founder and President of the Cultural Foundation of the Zarathustra World who has been a leader and featured speaker in numerous international conferences focusing on the Zoroastrian view of peace, ecology, and inter-religious dialogue

 

 

 

Glimpses from the Bahrot Caves (7 min)

 

Bahrot caves located near Dahanu, Maharashtra is the only Parsi cave temple in India. A heritage site, it is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India