Fire Temple Baku
Fire rituals at the peninsula s numerous natural gas vents date back.
Fire temple baku. It is well familiar due to the unique phenomenon of nature which is actually the burning of the natural gas. The ateshgah fire temple looks like a humble. It is situated at about 30 kms from the city center and it takes time to arrive at the village of amirjan formerly known as surakhani in the suburbs of baku.
The pentagonal complex which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetrapillar altar in the middle was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. First of all ateshgah fire temple is not in downtown baku. Fire temple is also known as the temple of eternal fire ateshgah.
The place is well familiar across the different countries of the world. It is situated at about 30 kms from the city center and it takes time to arrive at the village of amirjan formerly known as surakhani in the suburbs of baku. First of all ateshgah fire temple is not in downtown baku.
The fire temple of baku c. Today the museum s fire is fed by mains gas piped in from baku city. The ateshgah fire temple looks like a humble.
1860 the fire was once fed by a vent from a subterranean natural gas field located directly beneath the complex but heavy exploitation of the natural gas reserves in the area during soviet rule resulted in the flame going out in 1969.
