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n. A Zoroastrian place of worship.
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A fire temple in Zoroastrianism is the place of worship for Zoroastrians, often called dar-e mehr ( Persian) or agiyari ( Gujarati). In the Zoroastrian religion, fire (see Atar), together with clean water (see Aban), are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies [is] regarded as the basis of ritual life," which "are essentially the rites proper to the tending of a domestic fire, for the temple [fire] is that of the hearth fire raised to a new solemnity".
For, one "who sacrifices unto fire with fuel in his hand [...], is given happiness."
, there were 50 fire temples in Mumbai, 100 in the rest of India, and 27 in the rest of the world.
Usage examples of "fire temple".
Once a Fire temple novice had begun to meet Daja accidentally on her way home from the forge.
Other council mages came to watch: Crane, Winding Circle's Dedicate Superior, Moonstream, the Duke's healer, Comfrey, and Sky- fire, who was the head of the Fire temple, and a handful of others.
Dressed as a simple warrior, Xerxes entered the small fire temple that stands just opposite the tomb of Cyrus.
Her teacher, Dedicate Frostpine of the Fire Temple, was striding through the front gate.
Yet Mirchond must have condemned their zeal, since he approved the legal toleration of the Magi, cui (the fire temple) peracto singulis annis censu uti sacra Mohammedis lege cautum, ab omnibus molestiis ac oneribus libero esse licuit.