The world-famous Lotus Temple, located in the Indian capital New Delhi, is one of the most grandiose and magnificent buildings created in the last century. Lotus Temple, and officially it is called the Baha'i House of Worship is one of the many temples of the Baha'i religious movement that began recently - just in the middle of the XIX century. It annually attracts many tourists Delhi. According to the laws of the Baha'i temple is open to the whole world, regardless of religion, nationality, gender and age. It does not take place the traditional sermons and rituals, and pray there can be any God, in whom you believe.

Construction of the temple was completed in 1986, and almost immediately he got a lot of various architectural awards. All the temples Baha'i religion have a similar structure: devyatiugolnye building is rounded, sometimes topped with domes. But Delhi Shrine stands out among other religious buildings - it is a huge and beautiful white lotus flower which is 70 meters in diameter. It "consists" of 27 separate petals, marble that was brought from distant Greece. Each trio of petals constitutes one of the nine sides of the temple. Each side has a door leading to the main hall, whose height is more than 40 meters. In total, this hall can accommodate about two thousand people at a time.

The temple stands in the middle of a huge park and is surrounded by nine basins located almost between the protruding sides petals building. Together with the surrounding territories of the Baha'i House of Worship Delhi covers an area of ​​about 10 and a half acres.