Zerkxis Bhandara, a Zoroastrian priest, stands at the sanctum at the Bhandara Atash Kadeh, 8787 West Airport Road, a Zoroastrian fire temple, Friday, March 22, 2019, in Houston.

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 ...

The Darb-e-Mehr, or fire temple, will be home to members of the 24-year-old Zoroastrian Assn. of Metropolitan Washington, said Jamshid Goshtasbi, the group’s president.

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.

The Kebla, or Fire Temple Room at the Dar-e-Mehr Zoroastrian Temple in Pomona on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Photo from video by John Meore/The Journal News ...

The temple hosts four-tiers of religion classes for children as young as five years old to 14, and regularly hosts lectures for the Zoroastrian community on various aspects of living.

TEHRAN – Though Iran is a Muslim-majority country, it is home to ancient Zoroastrian sites still retaining otherworldly charm. Isfahan’s Atashgah is one of those which is situated on a mountain of the ...

The fragrant holy fire, kept in a large bronze goblet, "has been burning for more than 1,500 years", said Simin, a tour guide welcoming visitors to the Zoroastrian fire temple in Iran's central ...

RAMAPO, N.Y. — Drive along Pomona Road in Ramapo, and you'll find the new home for followers of one of the world's oldest religions. The gleaming square building with an impressive colonnaded ...

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.

YAZD, Iran — 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 ...