Tower of Silence
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Tower of Silence, Babulnath, Simla Nagar, Malabar Hill, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400006, India
A Tower of Silence is a circular, raised structure used by Zoroastrians for exposure of the dead, particularly to scavenging birds for the purposes of excarnation.
Zoroastrian exposure of the dead is first attested in the mid-5th-century BCE Histories of Herodotus, but the use of towers is first documented in early 9th century. The doctrinale rationale for exposure is to avoid contact with earth or fire, both of which are considered sacred.
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