Iran Land of Religions (Thus Spoke Zarathustra) (2005)

We are in Chak Chak Temple, which is also called Pir Sabz or Green Old Man. This is a place for worshiping Ahura Mazda according to old notions of our nation. Chak temple which we see here is one of the old temples of Zoroastrians, in Yazd province. The history of temples of the Iranian nation goes back to when Iranians praised natural elements like the sunlight and Anahita, which was the symbol of clean water, instead of worshiping idols. They knew that if they went to a high place, they could see the sunlight better and earlier. Therefore, most temples of the Iranian nation are located on mountains, especially where the water ejects out of the mountain and it is the mountain that, in fact, gives birth to that water. They praised the goddess, Anahita along with the light of the sun, which was called Mehr and they sang hymns to praise sunlight.