Yazd (Iran) (AFP) – A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for centuries inside an Iranian temple, sacred to one of the world's oldest religions.

Seven-year-old Aaria Boomla departs the Iranshah Atash Bahram, one of India’s holiest sites, after being formally inducted into Zoroastrianism. The sacred fire at this temple has burned for ...

Fire represents the divine to Zoroastrians, and some Zoroastrian fire temples feature flames that have been tended continuously for centuries or millennia.

The Zoroastrian concept of renewal and its reverence ... Angelo Zinna The Surakhani fire temple resembles a castle and is Azerbaijan's most famous fire temple (Credit: Angelo Zinna) Azerbaijan's ...

HYDERABAD: Officials of the Bai Maneckbai fire temple, a holy place for the Zoroastrian community, located in Abids, alleged that a popular restaurant had blocked the sewage line passing from ...

Zoroastrianism has about 710 members in Greater ... After more than a decade of planning, the association opened its fire temple, called the Bahandara Atash Kadeh, next to the center in 2019.

These are places where Zoroastrian Iranian kings once ruled ... exhibits are replicas of a Tower of Silence and a Parsi fire temple. The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their ...

Mumbai's second oldest Parsi fire temple, the Maneckji Nowroji Sett Agiary in Fort, first established on June 19, 1733, has been restored to its resplendent glory. On Sunday, April 20, 2025, the ...

a tour guide welcoming visitors to the Zoroastrian fire temple in Iran's central Yazd province. Zoroastrianism dates back some 3,500 years, but centuries of persecution have dwindled its numbers ...

YAZD, Iran — A Zoroastrian priest dressed in white carefully added wood to a fire that has burned for centuries inside an Iranian temple, sacred to one of the world's oldest religions. The fragrant ...