The Baha'i Lotus Temple

The Baha'i temple is the most recent architectural marvel of the Baha'i faith or Baha'i religion, it is located in Kalkaji, south of Delhi. The Baha'i temple shaped like a half opened Lotus flower, this temple is made of marble, cement, dolomite and sand. This temple is opened to all faiths and is an ideal place for meditation and peace tranquility. The Baha'i temple is a marvel of modern architecture, which can seen from several spots in south Delhi.

It's a lotus flower shape signifies purity and peace, a representation of the Manifestation of God, for the people of India. This ancient symbol has been applicated to the modern and contemporary form in the structure of the Bahai House of Worship which considered as a sanctum sanctorum from all races, religious backgrounds and culture from around the world. It represents the Baha'i faith, - an independent world religion; divine in origin, its embracing in all scope, broad in its outlook, scientific in it method, humanitarian in its principles, and dynamic in the influence.

The Grand Structure of Bahai Temple

In the raising of the House of Worship in New Delhi, it is combination between traditional Indian means of construction were employed coupled with the most modern Western engineering design. Fariborz Sahba, Canadian architect of Iranian origin, spent 10 years for designing and project management, with the team's help are about 800 engineers, technicians, artisans and workers brought to the reality one of the most complicated constructions in the world. Rising pure and unsullied above stagnant, muddy waters, the Indians have seen this flower as a profile which teaching them to be free from material preoccupations.

There are six of the baha'i temples on the world. All of them are join in one basic design concept which representate about the diverse of humanity in unity. The structure of the baha'i temple is consist of three layer which every layer is consist of nine petals, and every springing from a podium, its elevating every building surround it. The two of three layers are curve inward, its embracing the inner dome; the out layer curves outward to form canopies over the nine entrances. The petals are constructed of reinforced white concrete cast,in place are clad in white marble panels, performed to surface profiles and patterns related to the geometry. Translating the geometry of the design, in which there are virtually no straight lines, into the actual structure presented particular challenges in designing and erecting the framework.

It is so difficult to understand but architecture, caused of how difficult the construction is. But within that, the Baha'i temple is so beautiful and pure, it will accompany you in sadness and your lonely.

In the heart of New Delhi, the capital of India, a lotus-shaped outline has etched itself on the consciousness of the city’s inhabitants, capturing their imagination, fuelling their curiosity, and revolutionising the concept of worship. This is the Baha'i, Mashriqu’l-Adhkar, or better known as the “Lotus Temple”. With the dawning of every new day, an ever-rising tide of visitors surges to its doorsteps to savour its beauty and bask in its serenely spiritual atmosphere.

Since the Baha'i temple has been dedicated to public worship in December 1986, this Mother Temple of the indian has seen millions of people cross its threshold which making it one of the most visited place in India.

As an evocative symbol of beauty and purity, and a representative of divinity, the lotus flower remains unsurpassed in Indian iconography. Rising up pure and unsullied from stagnant water, the lotus represents the manifestation of God. The architect used this ancient Indian symbol to create a beauty design and apparent simplicity, belying the complex geometry underlying its execution in concrete form. Twentieth-century architecture has been characterised by a high degree of technological prowess; however, it has been, by and large, unexceptional in aesthetic value. The Lotus Temple provides one of the rare exceptions with its remarkable fusion of ancient concept, modem engineering skill, and architectural inspiration, that making it the focus of attention amongst engineers and architects in the world over. Without the sophisticated equipment, but the extremely complex design has been considered to be the highest order of engineering ingenuity of traditional workmanship. No wonder, then, that the Lotus Temple, is become a symbol of faith and human endeavour in the path of God, and also became the recipient of accolades and world-wide acclaim.So, find your desire, and happy journey.

About The Baha'i Faith
The Baha'i Faith or religion is the youngest of the world's independent religions. Its founder, Baha'ullah (1817-1892), is regarded by Baha' 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 Baha'ullah's message is that humanity is the only one race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. The massanger, Baha'u'llah 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.

One of the purposes of the Baha'i Faith is to make this massage possible. A community of Baha'i's faith,is amount five million Baha'is, representative of manner of nations, races and cultures on earth, they are working to prove Baha'u'llah's teachings practical effect. Their experience will be an encouragement to all who share their vision of humanity as one global family and the earth as one homeland.