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Bahai Lotus Temple
Bahai Lotus temple is a house of worship, which belongs to the Bahai faith.
Geographical Location: The Bahai Lotus temple is located near Nehru Place in New Delhi, India.
Historical Timeline: The construction of the temple started in 1980 and it was completed in 1986. It was designed by a Persian architect, Fariborz Sahba and it took the labour of 800 workers to complete its construction.
Visiting Time:
1st October to 31st March- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
1st April to 30th September- 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
The Prayer hall of the temple remains closed on Sundays and public holidays, from 12 pm onwards. The Bahai House of Worship opens on all days except Mondays. It may require 30- 40 minutes to see the whole temple. Prayer services are held in the Prayer Hall 4 times a day at 10:00 am 12:00 pm, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm respectively.
Nearby places (Landmark, sightseeing): Delhi, the national capital, is full of ...
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Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Modified and released under Creative Common License CC BY-SA 4.0
Bahai Lotus Temple
Bahai Lotus temple is a house of worship, which belongs to the Bahai faith.
Geographical Location: The Bahai Lotus temple is located near Nehru Place in New Delhi, India.
Historical Timeline: The construction of the temple started in 1980 and it was completed in 1986. It was designed by a Persian architect, Fariborz Sahba and it took the labour of 800 workers to complete its construction.
Visiting Time:
1st October to 31st March- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
1st April to 30th September- 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
The Prayer hall of the temple remains closed on Sundays and public holidays, from 12 pm onwards. The Bahai House of Worship opens on all days except Mondays. It may require 30- 40 minutes to see the whole temple. Prayer services are held in the Prayer Hall 4 times a day at 10:00 am 12:00 pm, 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm respectively.
Nearby places (Landmark, sightseeing): Delhi, the national capital, is full of places worth visiting. Some such places which are in the vicinity of the Lotus temple are the ISKCON temple, also known as Sri Radha Parthasarathi Mandir, devoted to the worship of Lord Krishna and Radharani. One of India’s biggest stadium, the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium spread over 100 acres, is also nearby. One can also visit the Garhi studio, also known as Kala Kuteer, which is an art centre established in 1976 to meet the needs of the practising artists. A visit to the Tughlaqabad Fort, built by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, the founder of Tughlaq dynasty, gives a peek into India’s past. Besides these one can also visit places like the Akshardham temple, the Jama Masjid, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Humayun’s Tomb, National Gallery of Modern Art, National Zoological Park, etc. The National Medical Library and the Nature Morte, a contemporary art gallery, are also worth visiting.
Accommodation: The Bahai temple does not provide any accommodation to visitors. However, a lot of other lodging facilities are available in the vicinity of the temple, including both hotels and hostels.
Accessibility route: The temple is about 14 km from New Delhi Railway Station and 17 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport. Delhi is well connected by trains with major Indian cities and by flights with Indian and foreign cities. Buses of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) shuttle between New Delhi Railway Station/ Delhi Railway Station and the Lotus temple. One can also take the Delhi Metro, and alight at either Kalkaji or Nehru Place stations to reach the temple, which is just 1 km away from both the stations. The city has a plenty of options to choose from by way of local transportation.
Philosophy: The Bahá'í Faith is based on the maxim that creation is sacred and that human beings by nature are noble and spiritual. It upholds the diversity of people in terms of ethnical origin, thoughts, history, language and tradition. It thus seeks to find unity in diversity without making discrimination of any sort. The basic tenets are based on the love for God, and for all fellow human beings. To achieve this unity the faith follows the basic principles of abandonment of prejudices, agreement of science and religion, promotion of universal education, elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty, an independent investigation of the truth and the equality of men and women.
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