True worship and sacrifice cease, and base, or shudra, consciousness is prominent. Calamities, disease, fatigue and faults such as anger and fear prevail. People decline and their motives grow weak. It has roughly 150,000 adherents today, mostly near Mumbai, where they are called Parsis. The sacred fire, always kept burning in the home, is considered the only worshipful symbol.
Scripture is the Zend Avesta.
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