This is the place where Parsi-Irani Zoroastrians perform the last rites and after-death prayers / ceremonies; and dispose of the dead body of their people. Since the Parsi rituals are complex and long, which can go upto 4 days, their are cottages built inside for the families to live. Since the Parsi rituals are complex and long, which can go upto 4 days, their are cottages built inside for the families to live. Thus, Girgaon means a village at the foothill of mountains. 8th floor, Grand Paradi Towers. “Keeping an important note about Parsi Tower Of Silence, which is also called ‘Parsi Bawdi’ located in South Mumbai’s Kemps Corner, Malabar Hill location is that its is not a Public attractions of Mumbai and is restricted access only to Parsi (Zoroastrian) community people. ... but there's another tradition being revitalized by the Parsi community of Mumbai. Some Parsi Zoroastrians are having a hard time accepting changes to traditional death rituals. However, if legends are to be believed, cities like Mumbai have also seen a few places that are haunted. Indeed, their fear is of a quiet death on the shady lanes of Mumbai’s Dadar Parsi Colony, of a day when the fire temples will fall empty and museums will be set up in their place. Parsis(Zoroastrians)do not cremate their dead. The last rituals of the Parsis after their death are performed here and their body is then kept on the Tower for the scavengers to feed on. Discover Tower of Silence in Mumbai in Mumbai, India: A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population. 11. Non-Parsi The place is huge and in the lap of nature. In Iran, towers of silence were in use until this funerary practice was banned by the government during the 1970s. In a report from 2015, it was written that India has a Parsi population of around 61,000. Most of these stories originate in smaller towns in India. Last rites of Maneksha Bhesania, who passed away on October 4, could not be done as per the Zoroastrian customs due to lack of pall bearers. Girgaon occupies prime residential real estate because of its prominent location in South Mumbai. Towers of silence can be found in Iran and in India , where Parsi communities exist. They leave the body in Tower of Silence where it is eaten by Vultures or any other birds. According to tradition, the Parsis initially settled at Hormuz on the Persian Gulf, but finding themselves still persecuted they set sail for India, arriving in the 8th century.The migration may in fact have taken place as late as the 10th century, or in both.