Chak Chak

The village of Chak Chak (Persian: چک‌چک‎, "drip-drip"), also known as Pir-e Sabz (Persian: پیر سبز‎), consists of a pïr perched beneath a towering cliff face in the desert of central Iran. It 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 from June 14–18 many 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. Meaning “drip-drip” in Persian (as in drips of water), Chak Chak is where Nikbanou, second daughter of the...