WEEK_ 14-15 : Introduction to Zoroastrianism

Introduction
Zoroaster was the prophet of this religion. It is said that he has some divine visions on
the age of thirty. He was from Iran; Zoroaster was also the founder of this religion. When he
moved from Iran to Persia, he gives the teaching of this religion to people. Zoroaster believes
in one god. The name of the God was AHURA MAZDA. Due to his massage the king of
Persia and his son after his father accept this religion and, in the meantime, there were more
people in this religion. They made fire temple in their areas. They did their prayers in these
temples. They were also fire worshiper. They believe fire is good sign and very useful to
them. They believe that fire give them warmth and peace.
 

After that, Arab invasion in Persia they leave their country and move from there because the Muslims were forcing them to change their religion. When this Muslim conquest happed there many Zoroastrian accepted Islam and
those who did not accept Islam, they leave their country and migrate to India. Those who
migrated to India and lived there they are called the parses. I will discuss in this term paper
with the help of books I found on internet and with some other websites that they have the
material which I want. I will also tell in this paper when parses migrate to India. After they

religion people.Initially, it is very difficult for them and after some time they do what the
Hindus want to do. The parses were known for rich people and when they move to India, they
did good work on the upper level and did best in economy of the India. They make many fire
temples in India for their prayers and they also make Tower of silence that was known for
their dead ones because the parses did not bury their dead and also, they did not fire them up
like the Hindus do. In the parses religion they believe fire, water and soil are good signs to
them and the dead body is disgusting for them that’s the only reason they did not bury their
dead and made many towers of silence
 

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