Lotus Temple Delhi

Lotus Temple is the major tourist attractions in New Delhi located in South Delhi at Mandir Marg. This is also called as the Bahai Temple. Its significance is that it is built in the shape of half-opened lotus flower. This is the place which is being visited by almost all religious faiths. It is
an ideal place for meditation. It has benn rightly named as the Lotus Temple as it in the lotus shape. It is constructed and made up of marble dolomite, sand and cement.

It is a architectural marvel of the Bahai faith. Its structure is the blend of both the modern and the traditional expertise of the engineers. The brainchild for the building this temple is a Canadian architect named Fariborz Sahba. For the planning, designing and implementing it took him 10 years. This temple encircled with the sparkling pools. In order to protect it from rust it is made up of steels. These shells have 6 to 8 centimeter thickness. It was inaugurated in the year 1986. There was a team of 800 technicians, engineers, workers brought to the completion of the construction of the Lotus temple.

For the general visit by the masses it is opened from 9:00 am to 7:00 in the evening in summer and from 9:30 morning till 5:30 in the evening during winter. It remains closed on Monday. By many of them it is termed as the Taj of modern India. It is surrounded by the landscape and garden and its a symbol of peace. It height is 40 m. There are 27 white petals springing from 9 pools. It is the symbol of spiritual path of the Bahais faith. It looks more divine in night. It is composed with the three ranks 9 petals all of them springing from the podium. The two ranks are curved in such a way that it is embracing the inner dome inside.It is located near Bahapur village and is a 7 th Bahais House of worship in the world.