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This page groups sacred sites by the country they are located in. Wikipedia's list of specific sacred places names sites such as "Yazd Atash Behram" and "the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron," each tied to a specific country. Browsing by country lets a visitor find every sacred site within one nation's borders.

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What Defines This Grouping
Fire temples in which a consecrated fire is tended, and the precincts used for the disposal of the dead. Access to the fire is limited to the community; that is a standing condition of these places rather than an incident of them, and the atlas records the fact without describing what is done inside. 2
Peoples and Traditions Covered
Two communities under one heading: the Zoroastrians of Iran and the Parsis of India, separated since about the tenth century and differing in calendar, in the language of everyday religious life and in law, now joined by a diaspora in Britain, North America and Australia. 3
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Zoroastrian sacred sites

This group gathers the sacred sites of Zoroastrianism, the fire temples where the sacred fire, symbol of the good creation, is tended, together with the towers and precincts of the tradition. Fire is central to Zoroastrian worship, and the temple that houses it is its focus.

The browser will find the fire temples and holy places the atlas gathers. The entries describe each site's religious function and history within the Zoroastrian communities.

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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. A History of Zoroastrianism
Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989View the Source
3. The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migration
John R. Hinnells, Oxford University Press, 2005View the Source
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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