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A fire temple (Persian: آتشکده, romanized: ātashkadeh; Gujarati: અગિયારી, romanized: agiyārī) [a] is a place of worship for Zoroastrians. [1] [2] [3] In Zoroastrian doctrine, atar and aban (fire and water) are agents of ritual purity.
The Fire Temple of Ij is a historical Fire Temple belongs to the Sasanian Empire and is located in Estahban County, Fars province. [33] [34] Fire Temple of Isfahan: Isfahan: The Fire Temple of Isfahan is a Sassanid-era archaeological complex located on a hill of the same name about eight kilometers west of city center of Isfahan, Iran. The hill ...
The direction of the building is east and west, and there was a iwan "porch" (Persian: ایوان) with four circular columns on the east front.A part of the fire temple was destroyed during Alexander's attack on Iran, and only a part of the chahartaq "four-arched" and beautiful structure of this fire temple remained in the form of two pillars.
Atash Behram at the Fire Temple of Yazd in Iran. An Atash Behram (Fire of Victory) is the highest grade of fire that can be placed in a Zoroastrian fire temple as an eternal flame. The other two lower graded fires are Atash Adaran and below Adaran is the Atash Dadgah; these three grades signify the degree of reverence and dignity these are held in.
Beforehand, the site was a Zoroastrian fire temple, which was the state religion of the Sasanian dynasty, [2] which they built during the fifth century. [4] The Ilkhanid patron, Abaqa Khan (r.1265-82), the second Ilkhan ruler and son of Hülagü , the first ruler of the Ilkhanid dynasty, chose this site for his summer residence partly because ...
The Adrian Temple of Tehran (Persian: نیایشگاه آدریان تهران, romanized: Niâyešgāh-e Ādriān-e Tehrān), also called the Great Adorian, is a Zoroastrian fire temple in Tehran, Iran. [1] Opened during the late Qajar period in 1917, it is the only fire temple in Tehran, and has been on the Iran National Heritage List since 2003.
After 100 years serving the local Jewish community, the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center was destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The congregation says it will rebuild.
The entrance of the building is in its eastern side like a central temple. It has two connected spaces. [1] The inner space of the building is rectangular and its entrance is in the neighboring room. The rest of a coal bowl in the southern side of the main room proves, that the fire ceremony was carried out (secretly).