The new building is officially the Arbab Rustam Guiv Dar-e-Mehr. Iranian benefactor Arbab Rustam Guiv purchased the first such temple in North America, in New Rochelle, in 1977.

This afarghanyu, or fire vessel, at the Dar-e-Mehr Zoroastrian Temple in Pomona, New York, is a 3-foot tall metal replica of a 250-year-old original found in a historic temple in Mumbai, India ...

Women in Zoroastrian religion Khursheed P. Navder, the current and second female president of the Zoroastrian Association of Greater New York, speaks at an interfaith event at the new temple in ...

The fire in the Zoroastrian temple in Yazd, Iran is believed to have been burning since the 5 th century A.D. Interested in reading more about Zoroastrianism? Check out our May 2024 magazine article.

While the first Zoroastrian populations appeared in North America in the 1950s following the independence and partition of India and Pakistan, they saw exponential growth during the 1970s and ...

To understand Azerbaijan, one must understand the nation's sacred relationship with fire stemming from its ancient Zoroastrian roots. It was around 04:00 when the iron pot filled with river water ...

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 ...