The followers of Prophet Zarathushtra, who was born in Airyana Vaeja in the Central Asian mountain foothills, are known as Parsis and hail from the former Persian Empire. This prophet revealed Zoroastrianism, the world's first monotheistic religion, 3,500 years ago. Despite being so old, there are still roughly 200,000 Zarathustis who practise their religion globally. Around 1,200 years ago, in the 9th century, many people evacuated Persia and immigrated to India.
They arrived in Gujarat, where they were welcomed with the stringent proviso that they were not allowed to seek for converts, and there they started a new chapter in their lives. Locals in this tiny settleme
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