Bahrot Caves: Difference between revisions

'''Bahrot Caves''', locally known as '''Barad''', near [[Dahanu]], [[Maharashtra]] are the only [[Parsi]]/[[Zoroastrian]] Cave temple in India. Bahrot Caves is located 25&nbsp;km south of [[Sanjan (Gujarat)|Sanjan]], Gujarat and are situated at a small distance of 8&nbsp;km away from the village of [[Bordi]]. They were unused Buddhist caves excavated by Buddhist monks. Zoroastrians hid for 13 years in these mountains after an invasion of their settlement at Sanjan by Alaf Khan, a general of [[Muhammad bin Tughluq]] in 1393 CE. The ‘Iranshah Flame’ was also moved to Bahrot during this period (1393–1405 CE). Even today, the Holy Fire is burning and it is given the most eminent grade of devoted fire in the world. Bahrot Caves have been declared a heritage site and is a protected monument under the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<ref name="Desai2007">{{cite book|author=Anjali H. Desai|title=India Guide Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC&pg=PA129|year=2007|publisher=India Guide Publications|isbn=978-0-9789517-0-2|page=129}}</ref><ref name="SinghSingh2007">{{cite book|author1=Nagendra Kr Singh|author2=A. P. Mishra, Nagendra Kr Singh|title=Encyclopaedia of Oriental Philosophy and Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-doi9GWBJgC&pg=PA78|year=2007|publisher=Global Vision Publishing House|isbn=978-81-8220-112-5|page=78}}</ref><ref name="Giara2002">{{cite book|author=Marzban Jamshedji Giara|title=Global Directory of Zoroastrian Fire Temples|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5X4RAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Marzban J. Giara|pages=1, 200}}</ref><ref name="KamerkarDhunjisha2002">{{cite book|author1=Mani Kamerkar|author2=Soonu Dhunjisha|author3=K.R. Cama Oriental Institute|title=From the Iranian Plateau to the shores of Gujarat: the story of Parsi settlements and absorption in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQRuAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Allied Publishers|isbn=978-81-7764-301-5|page=34}}</ref>