Liber XXXVI · Zoroastrianism
Chapter III
Fire Temples & Ritual
8 min readNavjote: Zoroastrian Initiation with the Sudreh and KustiThe Navjote or Sedreh-Pushi, Zoroastrian initiation of children: the sacred shirt and cord, prayers and ceremony, daily kusti ritual and modern debates.7 min readTowers of Silence: Zoroastrian Funeral Customs and the DakhmaThe towers of silence explained: why Zoroastrians exposed the dead in the dakhma, the funeral rites, the history in Iran and Mumbai, and the vulture crisis.7 min readZoroastrian Fire Temples and Ritual: Sacred Fire and PurityZoroastrian fire temples and ritual explained: sacred fire, the Atash Bahram, priests and purity, the Yasna, the kusti prayer, death rites and festivals.