Lotus. Temple Victoriya Arabachan Teacher: 6 “c” L. V. Fomina school#20
The famous Lotus Temple in New Delhi The Lotus Temple is located in Delhi, the capital of India. It is one of the most famous tourist attractions of the city. Over 10 thousand people visit the Temple every day. Its popularity is due to the original architecture of the building.
Officially the Temple is called the “House of Bahai Community” or the “House of Bahai Worship”, because it is one of the biggest Bahai Temples in the world.
Few words about Bahaism is very young religion which comes from the middle of the 19 th century. The origin of Bahaism is Iran.
The founder of this religion is Bahaullah, who’s real name was Hussein-Ali-I-Nary. He was from Persia. The Bahai religion teaches that men and women are equal, that everyone should refuse to race and religious prejudices, that there is harmony of religion and science. That’s why the Temple is opened for everyone and people from different countries can say their prayers here.
The enter to the Temple is free. The only condition for the visitors is to take their shoes off.
The Lotus Temple was built in 1986 that’s why it is a new point of interest. But the location of it has always been sacred. In ancient time there was a settlement here and it was called Baha. Pur. The name of a settlement meant “Habitation of Baha”.
The Temple in shape of Lotus The Temple looks like a lotus flower. The choice of such an architectural form is caused by the sacred meaning of this flower. Lotus is mentioned in Indian religion scriptures called Vedas.
In almost every Indian religion the lotus flower is very important. For example this is the picture of Brahma or Buddah, who is called «The Heart of Lotus» . People in ancient India believed that the Earth is a giant lotus flower which is floating in the ocean.
Lotus is the national symbol of India. I wonder that this flower is sacred not only for Indians but for many other countries. They are China and Egypt. In China it became sacred long before the Buddism. That’s why such a shape of the Temple shows that the Lotus Temple is for everyone despite of the nationality or religion.
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