Home›Zoroastrian Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedFire 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. 2Peoples and Traditions CoveredWell-attestedTwo 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. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreZoroastrian 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.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll121,962 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll111,691 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllScholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Era of Decline Start YearAll651 (1)Establishment StatusAllDisestablished (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2004-01-01 (1)2012-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll600 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllDualist: two opposed cosmic principles (1)Monotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsZoroastrianismTradition4 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. A History of Zoroastrianismtier 1Mary Boyce, Brill, 1989View the Source3. The Zoroastrian Diaspora: Religion and Migrationtier 1John R. Hinnells, Oxford University Press, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.