????Udvada Atash Behram - One of the oldest Fire Temples in India
The oldest-burning Fire Temple in the world. ????????????
The ritual fire in the Atash Behram of Udvada, a sleepy little coastal town in Gujarat, has been burning for over a 1000 years.
The Udvada Atash Behram, also known as the Iran Shah, King of Iran, is a temple in Udvada, Gujarat on the west coast of India. It is one of the eight fire temples (holy place of worship) of the Zoroastrian religion in the country. The Atash Bahram, meaning Victorious Fire, is one of the oldest fire temples in India, dated to the eight century, and represents the historical cultural and religious links with Iran. The current temple was built in 1742 by Dinshaw Dorabjee Mistry from Bombay. The temple structure, built spaciously, is well decorated and contains the Dasturji Koyaji Mirza hall and a museum. The main hall of the temple is accessed through a two-stage staircase. The temple attracts Zoroastrian pilgrims from all parts of India, Pakistan and from around the world.
The Udvada Atash Behram, also called the Iran Shah, King of Iran, is a fire temple of the Zoroastrian religion; one of the eight in India. It is located in Udvada (also spelled Udwada) in Gujarat on the west coast of India. Outside India, Yazd in Central Iran has the only other Atash Behram. Udvada, a small coastal village, of about 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) area,[3] is on the southern coast of Gujarat. The village was gifted to the priests by the king of Mandvi. It is approachable by road and rail. It is 206 kilometres (128 mi) away from Mumbai towards the north, situated between Vapi town and Daman on the National Highway (NH8) which passes through Manor. The nearest railway station is also in Udvada which is on the Virar-Surat section.
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Iran Yazd's Fire Temple, Atash Bahraam آتش بهرام - آتشكده زرتشتيان يزد ايران
November 17, 2014 (Persian calendar 1393/8/26)
Yazd province (استان يزد)
Yazd city (شهر يزد)
Fire temple (آتشكده)
The fire temple of Yazd آتشكده يزد is located in central Iran called Atash Bahraam (Victorious fire آتش بهرام). It’s a place of worship for the Zoroastrians زرتشتيان. They believe fire is an element of purity and life. The main building of the fire temple is situated in the middle of a large green garden surrounded by pine and cedar trees.
In ancient Iran, as well as a place for worshiping, a fire temple served as a court, an educational center and a health clinic. It had a section for judgment, a part to educate children and a section to treat the sick.
Udvada
This is the land where the Parsis first settled. A land filled with rich history, cultural and legends of a community that became integral amongst Gujaratis. Walk through these lanes of ethnicity in Udvada.
Arun Jaitley 's address to Parsi community
New Delhi
The smallest community in India, the Parsis, have never regarded themselves as minority, a “mindset” that has allowed them to emerge as a “role model” for others, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said today.
Speaking at an event organised by the ministries of Minority Affairs and Culture, the Finance Minister lauded the “liberal and large-hearted” Parsis for their contribution in diverse fields.
“I think what stands out is the fact that the smallest minority in India has really never felt that it is a minority.
It has never regarded itself as a minority. It is this mindset that has enabled it to be, in many standards, the role model for the rest of the country,” Jaitley said.
Parsis came to India from Iran in somewhat adverse circumstances, Jaitley said while noting that they have preserved their culture and also exhibited the ability to reach the top whether it be industry, armed forces, legal profession, architecture or the civil services.
Jaitley proposed that the town of Udvada in Gujarat, where the Parsis had landed centuries ago, should be developed as a global cultural centre. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken an initiative for developing the town when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister, he said.
Union Ministers Najma Heptulla, Mahesh Sharma and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi attended the event along with eminent members of the Parsi community, including British parliamentarian Karan Bilimoria.
Jaitley also noted that although the British Parliament has a Parsi member, the Indian Parliament does not.
Heptulla expressed concern over the slow growth of the Parsi population. She said that while she has worked extensively for population control, with regard to Parsis, it is otherwise.
She lauded the community saying the measure of its contributions is disproportionate to its size and it has never sought any favour from the government.
Bilimoria said Parsis are ahead of everybody else in terms of per capita achievements but this was possible because the community prospered in India.
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Valsad, also known as Bulsar, is a municipality in the Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. This city has a collectorate, a district court, and a police headquarters with a historic prison.
Historically, Valsad was a small town covered with forest, with teak production as a major regional industry. It was a part of regional kingdom before colonial era. It was made a district during the Bombay Presidency era, and was governed under Bombay State during the colonial era, following independence (prior to the creation of the state of Gujarat). Today, Valsad is a town inhabited by Gujarati people. Gujarati is the primary language in and around the town.
The main religion followed in the region is Hinduism. Other minority religions include Islam, Christianity, Jainism, Zoroastrian, and Sikhism.
A tourist destination, the best time to visit Bulsar is in June–July, post-monsoon, when the roads in and around town are at their best.
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury had family origins in Valsad, and his original family name (Bulsara) is derived from the former name of the city. Former Bollywood actresses Nirupa Roy and Bindu are also from Valsad.
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Ateshgah , Baku,Azerbaijan - Ancient Hindu and Sikh Temple In Bakuu
''The Baku Ateshgah (from Persian: آتشگاه, Atashgāh, Azerbaijani: Atəşgah), often called the Fire Temple of Baku is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhani town (in Suraxanı raion)[2], a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Based on Persian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. Atash (آتش) is the Persian word for fire.[3] The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetrapillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural eternal flame went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city.[4]
The Baku Ateshgah was a pilgrimage and philosophical centre of Zoroastrians from Northwestern Indian Subcontinent, who were involved in trade with the Caspian area via the famous Grand Trunk Road. The four holy elements of their belief were: ateshi (fire), badi (air), abi (water), and heki (earth). The temple ceased to be a place of worship after 1883 with the installation of petroleum plants (industry) at Surakhany. The complex was turned into a museum in 1975. The annual number of visitors to the museum is 15,000.
The Temple of Fire Ateshgah was nominated for List of World Heritage Sites, UNESCO in 1998 by Gulnara Mehmandarova.[5] On December 19, 2007, it was declared a state historical-architectural reserve by decree of the President of Azerbaijan.[6]''
Chaharshanbe Suri
this video is about the festival. For the film, see Chaharshanbe Suri.
Chaharshanbe Suri -sūrī, usually pronounced Čāršanba-sūrī; Azerbaijani: Çərşənbə Bayramı; Kurdish: Çarşema Sor, also called the Festival of Fire, is an Iranian festival celebrated on the eve of the last Wednesday before Nowruz.
The name of the festival consists of the words Chaharshanbe, the Persian for Wednesday, and sur, which is a variant of sorkh referring either to the fire itself or to the ruddiness. It is commonly translated as Wednesday Light or the Red Wednesday. The colour red symbolizes good health and ripeness in Persian tradition.
Charshanbe Suri is a prelude to Nowruz, and is celebrated wth firework displays and the jumping over of fires. Mixed nuts and berries are also served during the celebration.
The celebration usually starts in the evening, with people making bonfires and jumping over them.
The traditional poetic quote zardi ye man az to, sorkhi ye to az man is also sung, which literally means 'my yellow is yours, your red is mine.' This means you want the fire to take your pallor, sickness, and problems and replace them with warmth and energy. It is a purification rite, which is traditionally regarded necessary before the arrival of spring at the vernal equinox.
The origin of the festival dates back to at least 1700 BC, during the early Zoroastrian era. Ancient Iranians celebrated the festival of Hamaspathmaedaya, the last five days of the year in honor of the spirits of the dead, which is today referred to as Farvardigan. They believed that the spirits of the dead would come for reunion. The seven holy immortals were honored, and were bidden a formal ritual farewell at the dawn of the New Year. The festival also coincided with festivals celebrating the creation of fire and humans. In the Sassanid era, the festival was divided into two distinct pentads, known as the lesser and the greater Panje. The belief had gradually developed that the Lesser Panje belonged to the souls of children and those who died without sin, whereas the Greater Panje was for all souls.
A custom once in vogue in Tehran was to seek the intercession of the so-called Pearl Cannon on Charshanbe Suri. This heavy gun, which was cast by the Persian foundryman Ismāil Isfahāni in 1800, during the reign of Fath Ali Shah of the Qajar dynasty, became the focus of many popular myths. Until the 1920s, it stood in Arg Square, to which the people of Tehran used to flock on the eve of Charshanbe Suri; spinsters and childless or unhappy wives climbed up and sat on the barrel or crawled under it, and mothers even made ill-behaved and troublesome children pass under it in the belief that doing so would cure their naughtiness. These customs died out when the Pearl Cannon was moved to the Army's Officers' Club, sometime in the 1920s. There was also another Pearl Cannon in Tabriz. Girls and women used to fasten their dakhils to its barrel on the eve of Charshanbe Suri. In times, the cannon had been used as a sanctuary for political or non-political fugitives to be immune to arrest or to protest from family problems.
Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer of prose fiction and short stories, has a book with the name of this cannon, Tup-e-Morvarid, that criticize the old beliefs of Iranian folklore. The book points also to the origin of the Pearl Cannon.
Today, the Pearl Cannon is placed in the opening of the Building Number 7 of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 30th Tir Avenue, and the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran is still in argument with the ministry to displace the gun to a museum.
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