Parsi Community Celebrates Jamshedi Navroz Or Pateti In Mumbai

MUMBAI, INDIA - AUGUST 17: Parsi community celebrates Jamshedi Navroz or Pateti at Fire Temple in Tardeo, on August 17, 2017 in Mumbai, India. Nowruz, also spelled as Navroz, is the Iranian New Year celebrated by ethnic Iranian people. Pateti, observed on the eve of Navroze, is a day of penance where one repents for their sins. It marks the first day of the first month in the Iranian calendar. Nowruz is the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring. It usually occurs on March 21 or the previous or following day, depending on where it is observed. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)