Cypress wood might have been used in ancient palaces in Persia partly because of its sacred value in a religion known for its "fire temples," a new study finds. Scientists examined ruins from the ...

The fire vessel in the prayer room is based on the 250-year-old prototype found at a historic temple in Mumbai, India. Astad J. Clubwala, ZAGNY president, takes the long view of the new temple.

Modelled on a prominent Mumbai temple, it features sacred motifs inspired by ancient Persian architecture in Iran. The Alpaiwala Museum, originally founded in 1952 in what was then Bombay, is one ...

An Iranian man plays with a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday ...

The darb-e-mehr, or fire temple, will be home to members of the 24-year-old Zoroastrian Association of Metropolitan Washington, said Jamshid Goshtasbi, the group's president.

The “festival of lights” is mentioned in the Christian Gospel of John [10:22] when Jesus goes to the Jerusalem Temple to celebrate the Feast of Rededication: Chanukah!

The benefactor who purchased and donated the property for temple use said the entrance reminded him of cypress trees leading to an ancient fire temple in Shiraz, Iran, said Farhad Shahryary, who ...

A fire at a Buddhist temple in New York City has left two people dead, including a Buddhist monk. New York City fire officials say the fire broke out around 6 a.m. Wednesday in the Bronx .

Fire temple (locally known as Atashkadeh (“house of fire”) is a Zoroastrian term for a consecrated building in which there is an ever-burning sacred fire. After the Arab conquest of Persia, the ...

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 holy fire, kept ...

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.