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Today is #Navroz2023 #PersianNewYear an ancient non #Islamic #Festival still celebrated in #Iran with fervor.
As most of the followers of #Zoroastrian #Religion live in #Mumbai #Bombay #India it is also celebrated here with a public #Holiday to enable #Parsees (as they are known here) to celebrate the #Festival
This c1620 AD #MughalArt #IndianMiniaturePainting by Manohar II of #Navroz Darbar of #Mughal Emperor #Jahangir from Cary Welch collection now at #Harvard Library
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Happy #Nowruz #Persian #NewYear
#Nauroz marks the beginning of #Spring & is celebrated by #Zoroastrian people of #India #Iran #Pakistan & #CentralAsia
Zoroastrians are known as #Parsees
The old name of Iran i.e. #Persia is derived from this pre-Islamic #Religion of Central AsiaThis c1650 AD #IndianMiniaturePainting #MughalArt #Painting from #Agra is now at Institute of Oriental Studies at St. Petersburg #Russia
#Art #IndianHeritage #History #IndianCulture #Mughal #SpringTime #Heritage