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Baha’i Houses of Worship

The Baha'i House of Worship is dedicated to the praise of God. The House of Worship forms the central edifice of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (the Dawning-place of the Praise of God), a complex which, as it unfolds in the future, will comprise in addition to the House of Worship a number of dependencies dedicated to social, humanitarian, educational, and scientific pursuits. Abdu'l-Baha describes the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar as "one of the most vital institutions in the world", and Shoghi Effendi indicates that it exemplifies in tangible form the integration of "Baha'i worship and service". Anticipating the future development of this institution, Shoghi Effendi envisages that the House of Worship and its dependencies "shall afford relief to the suffering, sustenance to the poor, shelter to the wayfarer, solace to the bereaved, and education to the ignorant". In the future, Baha'i Houses of Worship will be constructed in every town and village.».
(BAHA'U'LLAH, KITAB-I-AQDAS, NOTES:53.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashkhabad. The first House of Worship was seriously damaged as a result of earthquake in 1948 and was finally ruined by the Soviet authorities in 1963.)

Baha’i Temple in the North America (Wilmette, construction was finished in 1953)

Temple in Langenhain near Frankfurt/Main, Germany

House of Worship of Australian Baha’is, Sydney

 

Temple in Panama, Latin America

Temple in Kampala, Uganda, Africa

Temple near Apia, Western Samoa

Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India

Dome of the Lotus Temple

Lotus Temple in rays of afterglow