Fire Temple, Yazd

Published December 16, 2011 at 1600 × 1200 in thus spake gerrard

This temple has a flame which has continously burnt for 1500 years. There’s probably a secret door that opens if it’s extinguished, but to my dismay it was protected by glass screens.

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  1. There’s one on the top Miyajima that’s supposed to have burned for 1000 years and I had the same thought.

    We saw young acolytes, as I suppose they were, running up the steps (1000 steps, probably), we guessed to keep it going, and I thought, I bloody bet that’s gone out plenty of times.

    Anyway when we saw it there was smoke but no flame as such.

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