The Towers of Silence

Since I was in Mumbai, I wanted to see if I could see the Towers of Silence. I had first heard about them from the Robert Silverberg novella "Born with the Dead," and of course the Zorastrians were one of the first more-or-less monotheistic religions in the world. They also where the main religion of the Persians back in the day when they fought the Greeks and were a stubling block to the Roman Empire.

The modern day Zoroastrians of Mumbai don't care too much for dopey tourists going to their holy sites, though, so I did not get too far. Unfortunately, I only learned about this rule after trying to visit- if I had known, I would have respected their wishes and not gone at all.