FARAVAHAR means "The utmost good spirit, flying because of its purity" coming from following explanation:
Fara or Fira meaning: FLY or THE ONE WHO IS FLYING
Vahar or varti meaing: THE JOICE OF GOOD or the SELECT THE GOOD SPIRIT
FARAVAHAR is also:
......a powerful symbol of the Iranians
......one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism, the state religion of ancient Iran
......meaning “Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds”
......in Persian (فروهر), also known Far-e Kiyani (in Persian: فر کیانی) or in New Persian (فروهر) is read as forouhar or faravahar
It is hard to describe the reason for choosing this name for our Kennel to those who do not yet live with Saluki(s) and for those who already do so, there is no reason to describe it !
Living with a Saluki means to me: "Joy, Peace and Challange!"