Diaspora temple · Georgia
Sultan Ezid Temple, Tbilisi Sultan Êzîd
A purpose-built Yazidi temple in the Georgian capital, serving the community of the southern Caucasus.
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About Sultan Ezid Temple, Tbilisi
The Sultan Ezid temple in Tbilisi, opened in the mid-2010s, is the principal Yazidi religious building in Georgia and one of the few purpose-built Yazidi temples outside the homeland. It combines a place of worship with a cultural and community centre.
It serves Georgia's Yazidi population, concentrated in and around the capital, and stands alongside the Armenian temples as a marker of the community's settled presence in the Caucasus.
Purpose-built temples outside the homeland are recent and significant: they signal the settled permanence of a diaspora community and give it a visible centre of worship.
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References for this place
This entry is an editorial synthesis of the references below, chosen for the place type. It reproduces no restricted or copyrighted text and should be expanded only after specialist review.
The Yezidis: The History of a Community, Culture and Religion
Bloomsbury, 2014. Anchor reference for Yazidi sacred sites, shrines, architecture, and material culture, including Lalish and the shrines of Sinjar and Sheikhan.
The Religion of the Peacock Angel
Routledge, 2014. Reference for the Yazidis of the Caucasus — Armenia, Georgia, and the communities that spread into Russia.
“Yazidis i. General,” Encyclopaedia Iranica
Specialist overview of Yazidi history, geography, community, and identity across the homeland, the Caucasus, and the diaspora.