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Chak Chak is the most sacred of the Zoroastrian mountain shrines. Located near the city of Ardakan in Yazd province, Chak Chak serves as a pilgrimage point for pious Zoroastrians. Each year in June thousands of Zoroastrians from Iran, India and other countries flock to the fire temple of Pir’e Sabz. Tradition has it that pilgrims are to stop the moment they see the sight of the temple and continue their journey on foot the rest of the way. Once there they light candles in line with the Zoroastrian belief that fire symbolises God's light and under the credo of "good thoughts, good speech, good deeds". Large groups of pilgrims stay in residences built by the local Zoroastrians of the village of Sharif Abad.

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