[1] The temple is 25 metres high and consists of seven domes surrounding a central, arched roof, and houses a seminary and museum.

[1][2] The design is heavily inspired by Lalish in northern Iraq, the holiest temple of the Yazidis and a site of pilgrimage.

[1] The temple is designed by Artak Ghulyan, one of Armenia's most prolific architects of religious buildings.

[3] Yazidis are one of the largest ethnic minorities in Armenia, practicing an ancient, monotheistic belief that has similarities to Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Sufism, and Zoroastrianism along with elements of Iranian paganism.

[4][5] According to the Armenian census, 31,079 Yazidis lived in Armenia in 2022,[6] mostly in the western and northern regions of the southern Caucasus.