tower of silence


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tower of silence

n.
See dakhma.
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The abandoned Tower of Silence was a very interesting place to see with the highest portals and minarets in Iran.
That temple is no longer there and the Parsis of Lahore bury their dead instead of leaving them on the Tower of Silence.
Marker's funeral ceremony was held at Bath Island, following which his mortal remains are being taken to the Tower of Silence in Mehmoodabad.
KINDLING hope for a large number of Parsi women who marry outside their religion, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition challenging a decision by its religious council banning their entry into Fire Temple or the Tower of Silence to participate in the funeral ceremonies of their parents and relatives.
On a lonely hill a few miles out of Nagar stands the "Tower of Silence," where the Parsees dispose of their dead.
Thereafter (level 3) follows a Zoroastrian "tower of silence" (dachma), an early medieval church, and an Abbasid coin hoard (c.
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The funeral will be held on Tuesday at the Doongerwadi Tower of Silence. He is survived by daughter Meher Dadabhoy and son Rustam Sethna.
Both are published authors with Sarah having titles A Dark Dividing, Spider Light and Tower of Silence to her name and Maureen publishing a series of detective novels featuring Birmingham-based cop Bev Morriss including Working Girls and Baby Love.