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Lotus Temple

Lotus Temple

Located in Kalkaji in the south of Delhi, it is lotus shaped and has rightly been given the name. It is made of marble, cement, dolomite and sand. It is open to all faiths and is an ideal place for meditation and obtaining peace and tranquility. It is a very recent architectural marvel of the Bahai faith. The Bahá'í Faith is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its founder, Bahá'u'lláh (1817-1892), is regarded by Bahá'ís as the most recent in the line of Messengers of God that stretches back beyond recorded time and that includes Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ and Muhammad. The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá'u'lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.

Major Temples in North India
	Akshar Dham		Kashi Vishwanath Temple
	Bahai Temple		Khajuraho Temples
	Baijnath Temple		Lotus Temple
	Birla Mandir		Naina Devi Temple
	Bodhi Temple		Omkareshwar Temple
	Chattarpur Mandir		Shankracharya Temple
	Dilwara Temple		Somnath Temple
	Dwarkadhish Temple		Sun Temple - Konark
	Eklingji Temple		Sun Temple - Modhera
	Golden Temple		Vaishno Devi
	Jwalamukhi Temple