Chak Chak

What And Where Is Chak Chak?

Chak Chak is a village outside of Yazd, Iran where the daughter of Yazdegerd III was fleeing to after the Persian holocaust (the Islamic conquest of Persia). When she ascended upon the village she prayed to Ahura Mazda because she didn’t want to be tortured by the Arabs. When she prayed Ahura Mazda made the mountain suck the daughter inside of it so she wouldn’t have to put up with the terror, rape and violence. People say the water dripping from the mountain rocks are the cries of the daughter.

It has 2.5 million Zoroastrians visiting it every year because Indian Zoroastrian’s (Parsi’s) view it as a site of pilgrimage which means Chak Chak gets millions of visitors every year. The others are Iranian Zoroastrians. The accommodations for the pilgrims are built in the rest of the village.

The days of pilgrimage are on the 14 – 18 June.

Why it’s Important to Go to Chak Chak and How You Feel Closer to

God?

Because it improves your understanding of the religion by

asking about Zoroastrianism from an experienced Zoroastrian. It also makes you grow a deeper relationship with god by learning more about Zoroastrianism and listening to verses of the Avesta in the temple.

It’s important to go to Chak Chak because it’s like Lourdes and Hajj it cleanses your soul and surrounds you with people that have your kind of personality.

It’s also in a mountain which has hundreds of steps to climb in addition to this it tests how strong your spirituality is.