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Bombay Parsi Punchayet: Allow ‘Dokhmenashini’ of COVID victims
Updated On: 17 July, 2021 06:21 PM IST | Mumbai | Gaurav Sarkar
The decision to file a petition for the community to be allowed to carry out Dokhmenashini — a ritual during which the body of a deceased is kept at a height and over a well, to be eaten by vultures and naturally decompose — was passed unanimously by all the BPP trustees at its board meeting on Wednesday
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Following in the footsteps of the Surat Parsi Punchayet, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has decided to file a petition in the Bombay High Court to allow consigning of those who have died due to COVID, to the Towers of Silence.
The decision to file a petition for the community to be allowed to carry out Dokhmenashini — a ritual during which the body of a deceased is kept at a height and over a well, to be eaten by vultures and naturally decompose — was passed unanimously by all the BPP trustees at its board meeting on Wednesday.
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