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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Agiary.jpg|thumb|The outer walls of the temple in [[Fort, Mumbai]].]]<br />
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'''Banaji Limji Agiary''' is the oldest [[Zoroastrian]] [[fire temple]] (or ''agiary'', [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] for "house of fire") in [[Mumbai]], India that was constructed in 1709.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/banaji-limji-agiary-mumbai-s-oldest-fire-temple-turns-306/story-QDRVcVwteSjbAiOntitTQI.html|title=Banaji Limji Agiary, Mumbai’s oldest fire temple, turns 306|date=April 22, 2015|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The fire was consecrated here by the Parsi businessman Seth Banaji Limji.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbais-oldest-architectural-landmark-banaji-limji-agiary-completes-308-years/articleshow/58332408.cms|title=Banaji Limji Agiary: Mumbai’s oldest, architectural landmark Banaji Limji Agiary completes 308 years &#124; Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The temple has a fortress-like structure and non-[[Parsis]] are not allowed to enter, as in all Zoroastrian temples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Fire-temple-enters-its-300th-year/articleshow/2977335.cms|title=Fire temple enters its 300th year &#124; Mumbai News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The temple is a [[Heritage structures in Mumbai|Grade II heritage structure]].<ref>https://www.maharashtra.gov.in/Site/Upload/Acts%20Rules/Marathi/25-06-019%20Notification%20UDD...sdfglkjl.pdf</ref> Situated less than a kilometre away from the temple, [[Maneckji Seth Agiary]] (1733) is the second-oldest fire temple in Mumbai.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of fire temples in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Fire temples in India]]<br />
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[[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1709]]<br />
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Mumbai]]</div>>BenKuykendall