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Noun Concept
Categories: Iranian architecture, All articles needing additional references, Articles with short description, All articles with links needing disambiguation, Death customs
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Tower of Silence  astodan  Cheel Ghar  Dachma  Dagdah
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A dakhma, also known as a Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation, in order to avert contamination of the soil and other natural elements by the dead bodies. Wikipedia
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A dakhma, also known as a Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation, in order to avert contamination of the soil and other natural elements by the dead bodies. Wikipedia
Structure used by Zoroastrians to dispose of their dead Wikidata
IS A
morgue
tower
HAS INSTANCE
Cham Tower of Silence
Allahabad Tower of Silence
Sharifabad Towers of Silence
Torkabad Tower of Silence
Kerman Tower of Silence
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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Tower of Silence
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Tower of Silence
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astodan, Dagdah, Dakhma, dakhmag, Dakhmas, dokhma, Dokhmas, doongerwadi, Doongerwadis, exposure of the dead (Zoroastrianism), Nasellar, Tower of silence, Towers of Silence
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Cheel Ghar, Dachma, Dakhma, Tower of Silence

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