Navroz 2019: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn & Other Bollywood Celebs Extend Greetings

As Parsi community celebrates Navroz on Saturday (August 17) that marks the Persian and Iranian New Year, Bollywood celebs took to social media to wish their followers on the day.

New Delhi: As Parsi community celebrates Navroz today that marks the Persian and Iranian New Year, an array of celebrities took to social media to wish their followers on the day. Thanking his Parsi friends for letting him partake in their culture, Anil Kapoor wished 'Navroz Mubarak'. "Wishing all my beautiful Parsi friends a very Happy Navroz! Thank you for letting me partake in your culture. I feel truly blessed and enriched for it. #NavrozMubarak!" he tweeted.

Wishing all my beautiful Parsi friends a very Happy Navroz! Thank you for letting me partake in your culture. I feel truly blessed and enriched for it ???? #NavrozMubarak!

— Anil Kapoor (@AnilKapoor) August 17, 2019

Riteish Deshmukh too wished his 'friends' on the occasion along with a picture. "Navroz Mubarak my friend!!!" he tweeted.

Navroz Mubarak my friends !!!! pic.twitter.com/p0grg9aGmp

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 17, 2019

Wishing his followers happiness, peace, and prosperity, Arjun Kapoor tweeted, "May our lives be filled with happiness, peace and prosperity! #NavrozMubarak to everyone."

May our lives be filled with happiness, peace and prosperity! #NavrozMubarak to everyone..

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) August 17, 2019

Navroz is dedicated to the beginning of the spring and renewal of nature and is celebrated on the first day of the first month of the calendar followed by the Zoroastrians. Amitabh Bachchan also wished his fans on Navroz and shared a beautiful picture greeting on his Twitter account.

T 3260 - Happy Parsi New Year .. Navroz Mubarak ..????????????????????☘️???????????????? pic.twitter.com/FveWBRY5nw

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) August 17, 2019

Actor Ajay Devgn and his wife Kajol too extended their wishes on Parsi New Year. The actors shared a beautiful picture greeting.

Happy Parsi New year! pic.twitter.com/3Tz48Oi1fG

— Kajol (@KajolAtUN) August 17, 2019

Best wishes on Navroz to everyone. pic.twitter.com/9GGBbV6bGD

— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) August 17, 2019

Malaika Arora and Urmila Matondkar also wished their followers. Though a day of global observance, it is predominantly celebrated in the Western and Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Balkans. It is a declared public holiday in many nations including Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Iraq. Also, Iran offers a 14-day-long vacation for universities and schools on the occasion of Navroz. Apart from marking the first day of spring, Navroz also promotes peace, solidarity, and friendship among people and different communities.