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Zoroastrian Religion
Zarthustee Dharma (The Religion of the Parsis)
The religious catholicity and tolerance of the Indians are unparalleled. The three world religions – Zoroastrianism, the Christianity and Islam - and others have got a place on this land. These religions have also got an opportunity to spread and to propagate their respective religions in this country. In order to protect their religion, the people who migrated to India from the Perse province of Iran, have settled in India bearing the name Parsis. Observing quite a different religion, this subject has managed to mix easily with the Hindus, and lives in company with other subjects of India quite peacefully. The religion of these Parsis is what is called Zoroastrianism. In the days of Zoroaster, the prevalent Dharma was known as “Mazadyasni” (which means the religion which has knowledge of God). After Zoroaster made certain reforms in this religion it is famous as “Zoroastrain religion”.
Originally this dharma was monotheism - believing in one God; and yet, the people often drooped to polytheism. During those days, worship of the evil spirits was also in vogue. The
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