{"id":4643,"date":"2018-12-18T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/?p=4643"},"modified":"2018-12-18T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T18:26:14","slug":"bi-bi-shahrbanoo-of-rey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/?p=4643","title":{"rendered":"Bi Bi Shahrbanoo of Rey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bi Bi Shahrbanoo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4644\" src=\"https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santa_shahrbanous_shrine_\u062d\u0631\u0645_\u0628\u06cc_\u0628\u06cc_\u0634\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648_-_panoramio-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santa_shahrbanous_shrine_\u062d\u0631\u0645_\u0628\u06cc_\u0628\u06cc_\u0634\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648_-_panoramio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santa_shahrbanous_shrine_\u062d\u0631\u0645_\u0628\u06cc_\u0628\u06cc_\u0634\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648_-_panoramio-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santa_shahrbanous_shrine_\u062d\u0631\u0645_\u0628\u06cc_\u0628\u06cc_\u0634\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648_-_panoramio-86x64.jpg 86w, https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santa_shahrbanous_shrine_\u062d\u0631\u0645_\u0628\u06cc_\u0628\u06cc_\u0634\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648_-_panoramio-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/specialexplorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Santa_shahrbanous_shrine_\u062d\u0631\u0645_\u0628\u06cc_\u0628\u06cc_\u0634\u0647\u0631\u0628\u0627\u0646\u0648_-_panoramio.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The only temple in Iran that has two functions from two schools or religions of Mithraism and Anahita that refers to Shahrbanoo the daughter of Yazdgerd the third the last king of Sassanian empire. Many people believe that here used to be a place in which Imam Hossein the third Imam of Shia Muslims met Shahrbanoo. Even nowadays so many people visit this place as pilgrims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>But what is behind these stories? What is the real story of this temple?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The mountains were considered sacred in ancient Iran as they could connect people to the sky which was the place of heaven, so people could reach the heaven and Gods through the mountains. They were some sacred mountains in Iran which used to be the chakras in which the energy transferred. This mount was also one of those sacred places in which there was also an important cave for Mithraists who were the followers of Mithra; the goddess of Iranians that was also worshipped in many places including Europe. In this religion the followers used to gather in some hidden places like caves to do their rituals. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>On the other hand there was another religion in which the followers worshipped water and the goddesses of fertility; Anahitha, who had so many followers and temples all around Persia. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We cannot be so sure that when these two temples combined in this place to be the first temple to serve both religions. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>After Arabs invasions people converted to Islam but tried to preserve sacred places like this nice cave inside this nice mount by presenting here as an Islamic place related to Islamic concept.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To visit this special temple you should go to Shahre Rey in the south of Tehran then find Moalem square, the road to Varamin and Shahid Arabkhari Blvd. After fifteen minutes you will find yourself in the holy shrine of Bi Bi Shahrbanoo. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Mithra to Islam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[750],"tags":[940,916,939],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - 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