Why we celebrate Nowruz ?

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 16, Aug 2021

• The Parsi New Year begins with the first day of Farvardin, the first month in the Zoroastrian calendar.
• The day is also known as Jamshed-i-Nouroz, after the Persian king Jamshed who is believed to have introduced the Parsi calendar
• Across the world, Navroz is celebrated at the time of the vernal equinox around March 21. However, Parsis in India follow the Shahenshahi calendar which does not recognise leap years.
• The festival was added to the ‘Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ in 2009.