The Three Fires
Dadgah, Adaran, Behram: The Sacred Fire Grades of Zoroastrianism — and Why the Oldest Flames on Earth Are Still Burning The Inner Fire — Part 2 There is a fire in the town of Udvada, in the Indian state of Gujarat, that has been burning without interruption since 721 CE . That's 1,305 years. Thirteen centuries. Through the fall of empires, through colonial occupation, through partition, through world wars — this fire has not gone out. Priests have fed it sandalwood and tended it five times a day, every day, for over a millennium.
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Dadgah, Adaran, Behram: The Sacred Fire Grades of Zoroastrianism — and Why the Oldest Flames on Earth Are Still Burning The Inner Fire — Part 2 There is a fire in the town of Udvada, in the Indian state of Gujarat, that has been burning without interruption since 721 CE . That's 1,305 years. Thirteen centuries. Through the fall of empires, through colonial occupation, through partition, through world wars — this fire has not gone out. Priests have fed it sandalwood and tended it five times a day, every day, for over a millennium. When it needed to be moved, entire air crews were staffed exclusively by Zoroastrians so that the fire's purity would not be compromised in transit. India's Prime Minister personally intervened to make the arrangements. This fire is called the Iranshah — the King of Iran. It is an Atash Behram , the highest grade of sacred fire in Zoroastrian worship.
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Yasna · Avesta · Vendidad