GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -A fire temple, Agiary, Atashkadeh (Persian: ), Atashgah () or Dar-e Mehr ( ) is the place of worship for the followers of Zoroastrianism, the ancient religion of Iran (Persia). In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (see atar), together with clean water (see aban), are agents of ritual purity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Agiyari or the Fire Temple is the place of worship for Zoroastrians (Parsis). When the Parsis first came to India, they settled in Gujarat and later moved to Bombay (Mumbai).

Detailed explanation-3: -Purification. Zoroastrians are not fire-worshippers, as some Westerners wrongly believe. Zoroastrians believe that the elements are pure and that fire represents God’s light or wisdom. Zoroaster placed less emphasis on ritual worship, instead focusing on the central ethics of ‘Good Words, Good Thoughts and Good Deeds’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Zoroastrianism, ancient pre-Islamic religion of Iran that survives there in isolated areas and, more prosperously, in India, where the descendants of Zoroastrian Iranian (Persian) immigrants are known as Parsis, or Parsees.