Ateshgah Fire Temple 'Fire Temple of Baku' at Azerbaijan

Ateshgah Fire Temple
Location: Baku Azerbaijan
Travel Date: 25 June 2023

The Ateshgah of Baku, often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town, a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan. Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Ātash" is the Persian word for fire.

Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Ātash" (آتش) is the Persian word for fire. 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.

Who built Ateshgah?
Ateshgah seems to have been built by local masters working on a plan by the Indians who funded this monument. After İslam came to Azerbaijan some of the fire-worshippers refused to acknowledge Islam and were eventually compelled back to India, where the fire-religion legacy continued.

(Wikipedia)

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