The Architecture Of The Lotus Temple | Structural Design & Facts
Lotus Temple
as to a Universal Worship, which is known as “Baha’ ‘i House of
Worship“is located in the capital of India at Kalkaji, New Delhi.
The Lotus
Temple was completed in Dec 1986 and opened to the public for worship
for all religious backgrounds and for prayer, Spirituality and
meditation inside the central hall, no Idols,
the Lotus House, and there are no pictures or statues of any gods built or
available in the Bahai House.
In this lotus temple, there are “no idols” in God here.
Design and Temple architecture: The design is inspired by the white lotus flower and designed by Fariborz Sabha, and this white lotus design is symbolic of the thought purity of faith and beauty of many cultures, and it is admired for its complex engineering architecture crafted from white marble like Lotus flower, as well as for its spiritual significance thoughtful.
Lotus Temple
designed a shape of 27 free-standing white marble “petals” from 9
sides as per Baha’i’ beliefs to make a white lotus flower, as you can see
in the visual pictures.
White marble imported from Greece and it own Properties of these tiles always cold even high sunlight or in hot temperature in summer.
Temple
campus area: 26 acres with beautiful green gardens
This place
of campus very clean, greenfield you can see in this picture and just below the temple of base have water pond, its maintained and mini temperature and duct.
Outside
Design and Construction:
Temple Height
Approximately 130 Feet with Middle Core Designed by Unique Glass and Steel
Roof.
Base structure designed: The temple stands to cover the surrounding greenfield, entrance, and exit area, and the base side is covered with water pools to miniaturize temperature and environmental impact and moreover provide more comfort zones for Tourism -visitors.
Opening
Time and entry fee:
Opening
Time: 8:30AM-6:00PM
(Monday Closed)
Ticket
price: free entry (no charges for visitors).
Location
and Landmark:
Nearest
metro station: Okhala NSIC (approx. 300 m)
Area Name: Bahapur, New Delhi -Bahá’í House
of Worship
Visitor
Guideline:
Photography
and videography are not allowed inside the Lotus Temple.
Shoes and
slippers are not allowed in the temple area, so you can collect a bag/thaila
from the security person and put the shoes in the bag and carry it on with the
temple and after faith do the reverse process well.
Must be
science maintained inside the Lotus Temple.
Food or
snacks are not allowed or eaten in the Lotus Temple campus. We are advised to
please eat food/snacks before starting to enter and try to avoid carrying any
such food inside.
