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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 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 ...
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 temple was built in 1924 during the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi, and the fire contained in it was transferred from India to this place and is said to originate from Adur Farnbag, one of the three holiest fires in Sasanian times. [1] [4] The idea to make the place a museum was first expressed in 1983. In 2005 the museum was finally inaugurated.
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.
Adur Gushnasp (Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭲𐭥𐭫𐭩 𐭦𐭩 𐭢𐭱𐭭𐭮𐭯 ʾtwly ZY gšnsp [1] Ādur ī Gušnasp; New Persian: آذرگشسب Āzargušasb) [2] was the name of a Zoroastrian sacred fire of the highest grade (Atash Behram), which served as one of the three most sacred fires of pre-Islamic Iran; [3] the two others being the Adur Farnbag and Adur Burzen-Mihr. [4]
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 so that all four elements (earth, fire, water, air) could be together. However, since the Yazd fire temple was not near to either a spring or stream, a pool ...
Mount Khwaja is also considered an important archaeological site. On the southern promontory of the eastern slope, the ruins of a citadel complex - known as the Ghagha-Shahr - with its remains of a fire temple date to pre-Islamic Iran. According to Zoroastrian legend, Lake Hamun is "the keeper of Zoroaster's seed."