PM Modi wishes joy, health for all on Parsi New Year-Navroz

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday extended greetings on the occasion of Parsi New Year-Navroz and wished for joy and health for all.

Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, "We mark Navroz with a prayer that the coming year brings with it joy and outstanding health in everyone's lives. May all aspirations be fulfilled and may there be prosperity all around. Navroz Mubarak!"

Navroz or Nowruz is an Iranian and Persian New year, a day dedicated to the beginning of the spring and to promote peace, solidarity, and friendship among people and different communities.

The day is dedicated to the beginning of spring and the renewal of nature. Navroz is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the calendar followed by Zoroastrians.

( With inputs from ANI )