Kerman’s Fire temple (Atashkadeh) and the only Zoroastrian anthropological museum in the world was built in 1925 and located in Borzou Amiqi (near Moshtaghieh Great Square) street.

Zoroastrian Fire temple

Fire temple as the institution for eternal fire housing dates back to the time of Pishdadian king, Houshang and most of them fueled by wood. On that time fire was kept at a central location constantly ablaze and households would take the fire they needed for their use (cooking or heating their homes) from there.
It is also adapted into the Zoroastrian religion, and served as the center for most religious activities. Since fire is Holy for Zoroastrians, there is an ever burning fire in the middle of all fire temples. Later they also served as libraries, hostels, medical centers and …
After the Islamic Arab invasion of Iran, Arab invaders forcing their religion and while that religion take hold in Iran and many temples were forcefully converted to mosques, Kerman and Yazd became the two provinces that continued to maintain significant numbers of Zoroastrians. That’s why more Zoroastrian fire temples are founded in this region.

Zoroastrian anthropological museum

It is the first museum of its kind in the world and was officially inaugurated during Jashn-e Tirgan (Tirgan ceremonies) in 2005 by Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO). The museum showcases the ancient history of Zoroastrians, some historical Zoroastrian religious texts, Zoroastrian customs and religious ceremonies, different kinds of candle lights, fire braziers, and tallow burners. The oldest objects in this museum is a handwritten volume of Gothic (an archaic Germanic language) which belonged to 200 years age.