Anahita Temple ancient temple of goddess Anahita in Kangawar
Anahita Temple is an impressive masonry edifice located in Kangawar ( Kangavar or Kangevar ) at the distance of 96 km east from the Kurdish city of Kermashan ( Kirmashan , Krmashan or Kermanshah ) in eastern Kurdistan ( Persian occupied Kurdistan ). Anahita Temple was built in around 200 BC in honor of a Kurdish goddess of water, fertility, and beauty. This Kurdish female guardian angel of water Anahita is principally addressed in yasht 5 ( yasna 65 ) in Avesta (the Zoroastrian holy book).
She is been depicted in Taqi Bostan (east of Kurdistan), hasankeyf (north of Kurdistan), and also revered in the ancient inscription of paikuli near Khanaqin ( xanaqin) in southern Kurdistan. One of the early references to such a temple is by the Greek geographer Isidore of Charax who reports that in Kurdistan during Parthian reign, the greatest Metropolis of Media.
The temple is 230 m long and 210 m wide with columns of 3.54 m high. Large Pieces of stone are cut and shaped into blocks of rock and columns which reveal a Hellenistic character display on Kurdish architectural designs. The constriction method of the walls of the platform and staircases in Kangawar is similar to that of Qasri shirin ( another ancient Kurdish masonry) . A Kurdish cemetery of Parthians was excavated in the hillside east of the platform. Some of the burials contained coins from Phraates I ( 171 BC) and Orodes III ( 37 BC) placed under the skull.
Further readings:
1-Abasi,Jalil,Yasna , Hevin Printing center 2008,Hawler,Kurdistan.
2-Qanaa, Wria.. Gatha of Zoroaster,Mnara printing center,2006,Hawler,Kurdistan.
3-Hawrami,Comparison between Avesta and modern Kurdish Language, sardam publishing, 2005, Sulaimania , Kurdistan.
4-Khoshnaw, Farhad,Secrets of Mithraism,Mukriani publishing center, 2008,Dhok , Kurdistan.
5-Khoshhali, Behzad,Philology of Kurdish language and history of Kurdistan,Khani Printing, 2008,Dahok, Kurdistan..
6-Diakonoff,Media ( Medya),Minstery of Culture, 2008,Hawler,Kurdistan.
7-Gadani,Jalil,The same Nationality of Kurds and Medes ,Minstery of Culture, 2004,Sulaimania,Kurdistan..
7-Hossin. Mahamad.. Zoroaster and Zoroastrians. Tafsir, Hawler, Kurdistan. 2009.
9. Mukriani, Kurdistan, The era of Kurdish language and Iranian languages .Aras publishing center, 2008,Hawler,Kurdistan.
10- Izady, Mehrdad, The Kurds . Taylor & Francis, Inc, 1992, Washington, USA.
Temple of Anahita , Kangavar,Kermanshah_کنگاور
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IRAN - Anahita Temple
IRAN - The Wonderland!
The Temple of Anahit in Kangavar, Kermanshah is believed to be from the Parthian era (200 BCE). It was mostly destroyed in the earthquake of 1957
On this historical site you can actually touch and feel the pieces of rock columns and wonder how artistically they carved them without any machinery tools more than 2000 years ago
Music Credit:
Vangelis - Songs Of The Seas
Photos:
Soheil Callage (Iran trip - April 2018)+ some from the Internet
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Anahita Temple on the verge of extinction in Iran
This is the 71st program of a series produced in Persian language called In the Realm of Culture (Dar Pishgaah e Farhang) in Persian. Here, Ms. Shokooh Mirzadegi talks to Dr. Esmail Nooriala about the importance and cultural value of Anahita Temple in Kangavar of Iran and how it is being neglected and systematically ruined by the IRI.
Anahita Temple
A couple of Iranian history
IRAN, ANAHITA, استاد ملايري « آناهيتا ـ اروپا »؛
IRAN, MOHAMMAD MALAYERI, ANAHITA, ANAHEED, ANAHIT, NAHID, MITHRA, MEHR, SUN, WATER, GODDESS, MEHRGAN, ABAN, ABANGAN, AVESTAN LANGUAGE, INDO-IRANIAN LANGUAGE,
Iran Ancient Anahita Temple ruin, Kermanshah province ويرانه هاي پرستشگاه آناهيتا كرمانشاه ايران
March 7, 2018 (Persian calendar 1396/12/16)
Kermanshah province (استان كرمانشاه)
The Anahita Temple (Persian: معبد آناهیتا or پرستشگاه آناهیتا) is the name of one of two archaeological sites in Iran popularly thought to have been attributed to the ancient deity Anahita.
The larger and more widely known of the two is located at Kangāvar كنگاور in Kermanshah Province استان كرمانشاه. The other is located at Bishapur بيشاپور.
The remains at Kangavar كنگاور reveal an edifice that is Hellenistic in character, and yet display Persian architectural designs. The plinth's enormous dimensions for example, which measure just over 200m on a side, and its megalithic foundations, which echo Achaemenid stone platforms, constitute Persian elements.
This is thought to be corroborated by the two lateral stairways that ascend the massive stone platform recalling Achaemenid traditions, particularly that of the Apadana Palace at Persepolis.
Another Iranian construction with Hellenistic characteristics is the Khurra mausoleum in Markazi Province استان مركزي.
Iran Ancient Anahita Temple ruin, Kermanshah province
ويرانه هاي پرستشگاه آناهيتا كرمانشاه ايران
Anahita Temple
Anahita Temple in Kangavar is featured.
Iran 1963 Reel 17 of 25
Cat. Reel 243 1963: Reel 17: Iran. Susa ruin. Kermanshah area. April 22-26
Water buffalo
Tribal tent.
Spinning wool: by hand, no visible tool (out of focus).
Box for the tea service.
Flat-sided Deybul shrine (900 years old).
Small minarets. Dervish shrine.
Water jar (in shrine).
Shrine.
Woman washing in river (at Deybul). Homes along river.
Old Roman Bridge. Stone work. Roman brick arch.
Homes by river.
Old Roman bridge: note arch.
Tribal migration.
Rooster.
Flock of sheep. Making camps.
Carpets on ground. Camp activities.
Pass or gorge in mountains. Pol Roshtar Bridge.
Roman arch by river.
Muddy river.
Taq-e Bostan site, stone carving.
Carvings.
Man on horse with spear.
Elephants.
People camping.
Prehistoric cattle fort in village.
Hole in wall for air or water.
Modern mud huts atop prehistoric fort.
Stone steps.
Boarded-over hole in wall
River Runs ( Anahita Mix ) Mash Master Remix
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Ardashir & Shapur I: The Rise of the Sassanians
In this video, I take a look at the rise of the Sassanian dynasty under Ardashir I and Shapur I.
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معبد آناهیتا بیشاپور
*معبد آناهیتا بیشاپور*
*الهه آب های زیرزمینی*
در کشورمان چندین معبد آناهیتا وجود داشته و دارد. معبد آناهیتا بیشاپور جنوب فارس به باور نگارنده سالم ترین معبد در بین معابد کشورمان میباشد. این معبد دوره ساسانی، در عمق شش متری زمین قرار گرفته و کار اصلی معبد ، محلی جهت ورود آب رودخانه شاپور به آن بوده که بوسیله قناتی، آن آب را هدایت و تقسیم میکردند. در واقع معبد، آب را تقدیس میکرده است.
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