Sacred Sites
Lotus Temple
Also Known As Lotus Temple · Baha'i House of Worship, New Delhi
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The Lotus Temple is the Baha'i House of Worship serving the Indian subcontinent, standing in New Delhi as one of the continental Mother Temples called for in Baha'i scripture. Completed in 1986 to the design of the architect Fariborz Sahba, its twenty seven free standing, marble clad petals, arranged in three ranks of nine around a central hall, give the building the shape of a half open lotus flower, a form already sacred within several of the religions practised in India. Like every Baha'i House of Worship, it is open to people of every faith for prayer and for the reading or chanting of scripture, with no sermons, ritual or clergy conducted inside, and it has become one of the most visited religious buildings in the world.
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Type of SiteTemple or temple complex 1 Type of Site DetailBaha'i House of Worship in New Delhi, completed 1986, its lotus-shaped marble petals open to people of every faith with no sermons or clergy. 2 Status
Status TodayIn active religious use 1 UNESCO World Heritage Location
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Its own text: "standing in New Delhi as one of the continental Mother Temples," serving the Indian subcontinent.
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