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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 ...
Yanar Dagh view by the road side. The reason offered for the Yanar Dagh fires is the result of hydrocarbon gases emanating from below the Earth's surface. Apart from Yanar Dagh, the most famous site of such a fire is the Fire Temple near Baku, off the Greater Caucasus, which is a religious site known as an ateshgah, meaning temple of fire.
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.
Greenfield is a fictional city created in the sandbox video game Minecraft. As of May 2022, the city is one-fourth complete and has a size of 20 million blocks. [2] The city was started by Minecraft user THEJESTR in August 2011. [3] [4] As of April 2022, there are approximately 1.3 million downloads of the city map. [5]
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 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 ...