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<p>{{Unreferenced|date=April 2021}}</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> {{Unreferenced|date=April 2021}}<br /> [[File:Photograph of SANJAN ZOROASTRIAN STAMBH NAVROZE.jpg|thumb|Plaque on the monument]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Sanjan Stambh&#039;&#039;&#039; is a memorial column at [[Sanjan (Gujarat)|Sanjan]] in [[Gujarat]]. It commemorates the arrival of [[Zoroastrian]]s there eleven centuries ago—a group of shipwrecked migrants who had fled [[Persecution by Muslims|Muslim persecution]] after the downfall of the [[Persian Empire]] and were welcomed to [[India]] by [[Hindu]] king [[Jadi Rana]].<br /> <br /> 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 [[Parsi]] dharamshala in the complex. The local Parsis of Sanjan celebrate the arrival of the community by celebrating Sanjan Day in November. The &#039;Stambh&#039; is made of [[Vadodara]] granite. Its height, including the leaping flames of fire is 50&amp;nbsp;feet. The column rests on a square platform. There are 23 decorative rosettes.<br /> <br /> == External links==<br /> * {{cite news|url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20001204/heritage.shtml|title=Rite of Passage|date=December 4, 2000|work=India Today|author=Uday Mahurkar|author-link=Uday Mahurkar|author2=Farah Baria|accessdate=May 13, 2014}}<br /> {{coord missing|Gujarat}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Monuments and memorials in Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Zoroastrianism in India]]<br /> [[Category:Monumental columns in India]]<br /> [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1920]]<br /> [[Category:Tourist attractions in Valsad district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-struct-stub}}</div>

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