On Sunday, the Satanic group, Dakhma of Angra Mainyu Syndicate, held a black mass in the Oklahoma City Civic Center, Tulsa World reported. Organizer, Adam Daniels, stated that the ritual was ...

Two of the museum's most compelling exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple. The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature ...

An old practice where Parsis did not cremate but left their bodies in a Tower of Silence (Dakhma), where the body can be naturally decomposed, fed to vultures, and the forces of nature.

The ancient practice of Dakhma-Nashini involves placing the deceased on stone towers (dakhmas), where vultures consume the bodies, allowing nature to complete the cycle of life and death without ...

After the death of a person from the Parsi community, the body is taken to Dakhma or the Tower of Silence, which is built away from the populated area. In many places, it can be a small hill as well.

Ratan Tata, the 86-year-old industry titan and the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Group, died at Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital on Wednesday. He was given a state funeral by the Maharashtra government and ...

The tradition of Dakhma In the Parsi tradition, the body is prepared for the last rites in the early morning. It is washed and dressed and a prayer session is performed where near and dear ones pray ...

In the Parsi tradition, the Dakhma, or Tower of Silence, is a sacred place where the bodies of the deceased are placed as part of the ancient funeral practice called Dokhmenashini.

Ratan Tata, 86-year-old chairman emeritus of the Tata Group and a pioneering figure in Indian industry, was laid to rest with traditional Parsi rituals in Mumbai on Thursday (10 October). He passed ...

The body, after undergoing ritual prayers and cleansing, is carried to the Dakhma by pallbearers known as “Nassesalars.” The exposure of the body allows nature to return it to the earth in an ...