Lotus Temple
Delhi
The Lotus Temple, also known as the Baháʼí House of Worship, New Delhi, is a Baháʼí House of Worship at Bahapur in south Delhi, India. Designed by the architect Fariborz Sahba, it takes the form of a half-open lotus of 27 free-standing marble-clad concrete petals, arranged in three rings of nine around a central hall. It was dedicated on 24 December 1986 and opened to the public on 1 January 1987.
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Where it is
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How to reach
- By train: nearest station Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station (NZM), about 5 km by road.
- By air: Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL), about 21 km by road.
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