The Baltic " aukuras " or " fire altar " is a stone altar in which a fire is ritually lit.
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It is likely that only priests, members of the royal household and illustrious foreign guests were allowed access to the fire altar.
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A short distance from fire altars, a well and ramants of a bathing place were found, suggesting ceremonial bath was a part of rituals.
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S . R . Rao found similar " fire altars " in Lothal which he thinks could have served no other purpose than a ritualistic one.
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It is assumed that there were no statues or other decorations on the actual fire altar, but a canopy was possibly installed there in Roman times.
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After insistence by Sambanar, the host gave them place to sleep near the " homa kunda ", the fire altar used for sacrifices.
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Kings may be shown as a profile head, a standing figure, typically officiating at a fire altar in Zoroastrian style, or mounted on a horse.
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Judging from the remains of the actual, relatively small fire altar inside the huge altar edifice, it can at least be concluded that its shape resembled a horseshoe.
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The fish, together with the grill or the piles, is then placed near the fire of the " fire altar ", a feature shared by all masg�f restaurants.
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Following the rise of the Sassanid dynasty, the shrines to the Yazatas continued to exist, but with the statues by law either abandoned or replaced by fire altars.
