It states the date of arrival at 936 CE. It was constructed in the year 1920 to perpetuate the memory of the arrival of the Zoroastrians in India. There is a Parsidharamshala in the complex. The local Parsis of Sanjan celebrate the arrival of the community by celebrating Sanjan Day in November. The 'Stambh' is made of Vadodara granite. Its height, including the leaping flames of fire is 50 feet. The column rests on a square platform. There are 23 decorative rosettes.
External links
Uday Mahurkar; Farah Baria (4 December 2000). "Rite of Passage". India Today. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
References
^Dangarwala, Trisha (28 November 2019). "Parsi Darbar". The Hindu.
^Rawal, Gargi (16 November 2018). "Ahmedabad: City's Parsis to commemorate Sanjan Day today". DNA India.
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