Fire temple

Fire temple
Fire temple
آتشکده
	Burning fire in the Zoroastrian temple of Yazd, Iran.
Religion
Affiliation	Zoroastrianism

A fire temple, Agiary, Atashkadeh (Persian: آتشکده), Atashgah (آتشگاه) or Dar-e Mehr (در مهر) is the place of worship. It is for followers of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Iran (Persia).^[1]^[2]^[3]

As of 2021^[update], there are 167 fire temples. 45 of them are in Mumbai. 105 is in other places in India. 17 are in other countries.^[4]^[5]

Gallery[change | change source]

Shapur II
Hormizd I
Ardashir I
Picture of the Bahram fire temple.
The Great Fire temple of Isfahan.
Iranian Zoroastrians pray at Fire Temple of Baku.
Fire temple of Mazraeh-ye Kalantar.
A Zoroastrian priest reads from a book while performing a sacrifice, Bernard Picart (1673–1733).
Three styles of a priest's hat with the mouth covered. Bernard Picart (1673–1733).

References[change | change source]

↑ Boyce, Mary (1993), "Dar-e Mehr", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 6, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub, pp. 669–670
↑ Kotwal, Firoz M. (1974), "Some Observations on the History of the Parsi Dar-i Mihrs", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 37 (3): 665, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00127557, S2CID 162207182
↑ Yasna 62.1; Nyashes 5.7
↑ "List of Fire Temples". The Parsi Directory. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
↑ Mathai, Kamini (12 July 2010). "Parsis go all out to celebrate milestone in Chennai". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 24 Apr 2014.

Sources[change | change source]

Boyce, Mary (1975), "On the Zoroastrian Temple Cult of Fire", Journal of the American Oriental Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 95, No. 3, 95 (3): 454–465, doi:10.2307/599356, JSTOR 599356
Boyce, Mary (1987), "Ātaškada", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 2, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub, pp. 9–10
Drower, Elizabeth Stephens (1944), "The Role of Fire in Parsi Ritual", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Royal Anthropological Institute, 74 (1/2): 75–89, doi:10.2307/2844296, JSTOR 2844296
Gnoli, Gherardo (1993), "Bahram in old and middle Iranian texts", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 3, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub, pp. 510–513
Jackson, A. V. Williams (1921). "The Location of the Farnbāg Fire, the Most Ancient of the Zoroastrian Fires". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 41: 81–106. doi:10.2307/593711. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 593711.
Schippmann, Klaus (1971). Die Iranischen Feuerheiligtümer. Religionsgeschichtliche Versuche und Vorarbeiten (in German). Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-001879-0. OCLC 833142282.
Shenkar, Michael (2007), "Temple Architecture in the Iranian World before the Macedonian Conquest", Iran and the Caucasus, 11 (2): 169–194, doi:10.1163/157338407X265423
Shenkar, Michael (2011), "Temple Architecture in the Iranian World in the Hellenistic Period", In Kouremenos, A., Rossi, R., Chandrasekaran, S. (Eds.), from Pella to Gandhara: Hybridisation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East: 117–140
Stausberg, Michael (2004), Die Religion Zarathushtras, vol. III, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag, ISBN 3-17-017120-8

Other websites[change | change source]

[:0-1] Boyce, Mary (1993), "Dar-e Mehr", Encyclopaedia Iranica, vol. 6, Costa Mesa: Mazda Pub, pp. 669–670

[:1-2] Kotwal, Firoz M. (1974), "Some Observations on the History of the Parsi Dar-i Mihrs", Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 37 (3): 665, doi:10.1017/S0041977X00127557, S2CID 162207182

[3] Yasna 62.1; Nyashes 5.7

[4] "List of Fire Temples". The Parsi Directory. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

[TOI_ParsisToCelebrateMilestone-5] Mathai, Kamini (12 July 2010). "Parsis go all out to celebrate milestone in Chennai". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 24 Apr 2014.

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