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 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 ...

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.

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.

Residents of an agricultural enclave in Montgomery County are seething about the little-publicized construction of a Zoroastrian temple in their community, arguing it will overwhelm the quiet ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...