Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1893 — It Has Burned Twelve Centuries. [ARTICLE]

It Has Burned Twelve Centuries.

The most ancient fire at present in India is at the secluded village of Oodwadh, near Bulsar, and the Parsees make it a point to repair to the Beheram fire there in large numbers during the months that are specially allotted to the presiding genius of fire. It was consecrated about twelve centuries ago by the ancestors of the present Parsees in com memoratiem of the voyage they had made in their emigration from Persia to India. The priests vowed to institute the fire in the event of their ships landing them in safety on Indian soil. The nre is fed at five stat- | ed times during each twenty-four | hours with sandal wood, benzoin and quantities of other odorous materials, as well as with very dry fuel.