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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 Atashgah, also transcribed as 'Ateshgah (Georgian: ათეშგა, from Persian: آتشگاه, "fire temple") is an ancient Zoroastrian fire temple in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was built when Georgia was a part of Persian Empire in Sasanian era (224-651 AD). It is described as the "northernmost Zoroastrian fire-temple in the world." [1]
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 Zoroastrians’ fire temple was completed by Persian architecture in 1936 and finally in 1939, this 1547 year old fire was transferred to the fire temple. The fire of the Yazd fire temple is from Bahram fire (the specific fire of Sassanid kings) that doubled its importance. It was customary to have a spring or stream nearby to a fire temple ...
The architecture of the building is a mix of Persian and Greek Revival styles, with two lamassus standing guard at the temple entrance. [15] Parsi Fire Temple: Secunderabad: Parsi Fire Temple is a place of worship for the Parsis in India. Located at MG Road in Secunderabad, Telangana, the temple is believed to have been consecrated in September ...
Udvada Atash Bahram in 1905. Udvada Atash Behram is the oldest existing fire temple in India, representing a cultural and religious link with Iran. [1] The Atash Bahram fire was consecrated at Sanjan from alaat (sacred implements for consecration) brought from Iran to India in 715, consequent to the migration of Zoroastrians in Greater Persia due to the persecution by the Islamic rulers who ...
The fire temple of Baku, c. 1860. The fire was once fed by a vent from a subterranean natural gas field located directly beneath the complex, but heavy exploitation of the natural gas reserves in the area during Soviet rule resulted in the flame going out in 1969. Today, the museum's fire is fed by mains gas piped in from Baku city.
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.