Hindu fire prayer rituals at this location. However, the latter claim had not been verified. Public recognition An illustration of the Baku Fire Temple was included on two denominations of Azerbaijan's first issue of postage stamps, released in 1919. Five oil derricks appear in the background. By a presidential order issued in December 2007, the shrine complex, which had hitherto been officially associated with the "Shirvanshah Palace Complex State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve" (Государственного историко-архитектурного музея-заповедника «Комплекс Дворца Ширваншахов») was declared as a distinct reserve by the Azerbaijani government (the "Ateshgah Temple State Historical Architectural Reserve, Государственным историко-архитектурным заповедником «Храм Атешгях»''). In July 2009, the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, announced a grant of AZN 1 million for the upkeep of the shrine. In April 2018, the former External Affairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj, visited and paid her respects to the shrine. Gallery See also Qobustan, Baku Yanar Dag Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan Hinduism in Azerbaijan List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan References Further reading External links and photographs Indian Inscriptions on the Fire Temple at Bāku (1908) “Atəşgah məbədi” - official web-site of museum fire temple Atashgah (in Azeri) Sanskrit invocation to Lord Shiva in an Atashgah inscription, with the Hindu devotional-form of the Swastika on top Punjabi inscription on the Atashgah beginning with Ik Onkar Satnam" The cremation pit on the Atashgah premises 18th-century Hindu temples Museums established in 1975 Monuments and memorials in Azerbaijan Museums in Baku Former religious buildings and structures in Azerbaijan Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan Fire temples in Azerbaijan Hindu temples in Azerbaijan Hinduism in Azerbaijan Gurdwaras Persistent natural fires History museums in Azerbaijan Chahartaqis