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. Zoroastrians ...

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.

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.

“This temple is…a focal point…an establishment for [Zoroastrians] so we can gather around and develop our community." ...

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 ...

Narratives say that Zoroastrian priests made fire inside the temple before saying prayers. Atashgah and its fire temple on top registered in the list of national monuments of Iran in 1951, with the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...