Banaji Limji Agiary is the oldest

Zoroastrian Zoroastrianism ( ), also called Mazdayasnā () or Beh-dīn (), is an Iranian religion centred on the Avesta and the teachings of Zarathushtra Spitama, who is more commonly referred to by the Greek translation, Zoroaster ( ). Among the wo ...

fire temple A fire temple (; ) is a place of worship for Zoroastrians. In Zoroastrian doctrine, ''atar'' and '' aban'' (fire and water) are agents of ritual purity. Clean, white "ash for the purification ceremonies sregarded as the basis of ritual lif ...

(or ''agiary'',

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for "house of fire") in

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, India that was constructed in 1709. The fire was consecrated here by the Parsi businessman Seth Banaji Limji. The temple has a fortress-like structure and non-

Parsis The Parsis or Parsees () are a Zoroastrian ethnic group in the Indian subcontinent. They are descended from Persian refugees who migrated to the Indian subcontinent during and after the Arab-Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century, w ...

are not allowed to enter, as in all Zoroastrian temples. The temple is a Grade II heritage structure. Situated less than a kilometre away from the temple,

Maneckji Seth Agiary Maneckji Seth Agiary is the second-oldest Zoroastrian fire temple (or ''agiary'', Gujarati language, Gujarati for "house of fire") in Mumbai, India, constructed in 1735. Banaji Limji Agiary, established in 1709, is the oldest. As in all Zoroas ...

(1733) is the second-oldest fire temple in Mumbai.

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