Today marks the special occasion of Jamshedi Navroz or Pateti, which is celebrated on the eve of Parsi New Year. Nowruz, also spelled as Navroz, is the Iranian New Year celebrated by ethnic Iranian people. The vibrant festival is celebrated on the eve of Navroze, is a day of penance where one repents for their sins. While the Parsi community is rejoicing the day amid grand celebration, our Bollywood celebs took to social media to extend their warm Navroz Mubarak wishes. Several celebs such as Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Farhan Akhtar wished the Parsi community a year full of love and happiness.
Here is what the celebrities had to say:
Sridevi: Wishing all a very happy Parsi New Year. Navroz.
Anil Kapoor: Navroz Mubarak! Wish you all a very happy and fulfilling new year! Here's hoping it only gets better for you.
Farah Khan: Happy Navroz from me to the nicest people in the world. Parsis rock. Boman Irani, the Irani sisters and brother and the half Parsi Khan siblings.
Riteish Deshmukh: To all my Parsi friends- Happy New Year.
Sajid Khan: To all my friends and bretheren Navroz Mubarak.
Divya Khosla Kumar: Wishing all the Parsis across the globe a very Happy New Year! Sending loads of love and happiness across. Parsi New Year Navroz mubarak.
Diana Penty: Navroz mubarak fellow Parsi friends! May the new year bring you peace, prosperity and much love Parsi New Year.
Randeep Hooda: There's something special about these crazies. Navroz mubarak. Parsi New Year.
Farhan Akhtar: Navroz Mubarak all.
Mostly celebrated in Central and Western and Middle Eastern part of Asia, Nowruz is generally declared a public holiday in countries like Iraq, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. Showcasing the significance of the specail day, Iran offers a 14-day long vacation for school children and university goers. Canada has also included Nowroz in the country’s national calendar in 2009. In India too, the festival is celebrated by the Parsi community with utmost enthusiasm
(With IANS Inputs)
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