Shāh Keykhosrow cave
The Keykhosrow or Shāh Keykhosrow cave is located in the Shāzand province (Markazi region). This, which is located on the top of a mountain 2900 meters high, according to traditional accounts was the place where King Keykhosrow disappeared.
The cave entrance opening is inside a hole and measures approximately 1,5-2 meters. The interior has a narrow corridor along 18 meters, of average width equal to 6 meters and high 3 that ends in a cavity similar to a room that is found under some stone slabs.
On the walls of the cave is the name of the Iranian and Zoroastrian heroes including Siāvash Shahryār, Poulād Tirāndāz and Azādmehr Ghahremān.
The mountain and the Shāh Keykhosrow cave from the mythological point of view since ancient times in Iran and the Zoroastrians of the world plays a very important role. Considering the particular position of this mountain / cave and the concordance of its geographical peculiarities with the myth of Keykhosrow in the Shāhnāmeh and in the Iranian myths, it has assumed particular importance among the legendary mountains of Iran and for the Zoroastrians it is sacred.
Every year a large number of devout and especially Zoroastrian people residing in Iran and some also from India come to this legendary cave on pilgrimage and to make a vow and to make their requests.
In the vicinity of it and on the slopes of the mountain there are some sepulchres, but due to erosion the inscriptions above them are not legible. These are revered by the Zoroastrians who believe that these graves belong to the famous heroes of Iran who accompanied Keykhosrow.
Near this cave there is a spring attributed to Keykhosrow whose water is drunk and taken away by pilgrims as a blessing and for devotion. Some beliefs concerning this cave narrate that Keykhosrow along with his troops passed from the mountain but the enemies around him took him and he asked for help from God and suddenly disappeared from sight. They say that those with him were buried under the red snow that intoxicated them. That place was called Gurzahr but its name was later changed to Gurehzār.
