Guests at Parsi Anjuman hall during Navroze in Delhi

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Parsi community in Delhi on Monday, the18th of August, welcomed a new year and celebrated Navroze, in accordance to the calendar followed by a sect of Zoroastrians. The Delhi Parsi Anjuman on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, which houses the only Fire temple in the city and a dharamshala, was abuzz with preparations for the evening function. Delhi Parsi Anjuman celebrated Navroze, with friends and loved ones. About hundreds of guests attended the function. Minister for Minority Affairs Najma Heptulla was the chief guest of the function and Rohinton Fali Nariman, newly appointed judge to the Supreme Court was felicitated that evening. A stall selling Parsi products were also displayed for sale during the festival. This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wi