Mehr Temple, Maraghe, East Azarbaijan Province, Iran معبد مهر مراغه Maragheh is one of Irans most ancient cities having its roots in legends. In the past, its suburbs were used to build temples belonging to the religion of Mithraism. One of the temples is located 4 kilometers south of Maragheh in Verjuy village. There were no signs indicating the location of the temple in the village or even at the entrance of the cemetery. Among other main Mithraism temples in Maragheh, we can refer to hand made caves of the observatory hill. ... Followers of Mithraism built this temple during the Arsacid dynasty (248 BCE-224 CE) ... All around the main hall, there is Quranic inscriptions written in Naskhi script which circles around the walls and entrances like a belt. Parts of the inscription on walls, dating back to the Islamic period when this Mithraism temple was used as a monastery of Sufis or as a mosque, have been destroyed by the course of time. In the brochure published recently by the Cultural Heritage Organization of Maragheh, the municipality and the governors office, these sentences are written about Mehr (Mithra) temple: The historical site of Mehr temple and the shrine of Molla Masoum are located in the south of the historical cemetery of Verjuy village. Before the arrival of Islam, it was a place for worshiping the sun and a place for performing ceremonies by the followers of Mithraism. The building was probably built during the reign of Arsacid or possibly early Sassanid dynasties. After the arrival of Islam, it was used as a mosque and the shrine of Molla Masoum, a well-known intellectual in the 13th century. The photograph next to these sentences shows a clean temple unlike the reality. Mehr in Avesta and Old-Persian was called Mithra and in Pahlavi language it was called Mithr. In Avesta, Mehr was considered to be one of the creators of Ahura Mazda and was the Yazats (Izad) of contract and promise and hence the god of light and brightness because nothing was kept secret from him. Mithraism reached Babylon and Asia Minor from Iran and it then reached Europe by Roman soldiers. Once in Europe, it was worshiped as a great god. After the appearance of Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda became known as the only God and other Aryan gods were considered Yazats or angels which actually resembled characters and the power of God. Mehr was among such Yazats. #MustSeeIran Sources: fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1 gtalk.ir/post1691545.html tertullian.org/rpearse/mithras/display.php?page=supp_Iran_Maragheh_VerjuyTemple tripadvisor.au/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g1049728-i51543516-Maragheh_East_Azerbaijan_Province.html panoramio/user/4354382/tags/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%20%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%20%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C trekearth/gallery/Middle_East/Iran/West/Azarbayjan-e_Khavari/Maragheh/photo928008.htm
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