Lotus temple

                                                        

Lotus temple is situated in New Delhi, India. It is also called as house of worship. It is a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as a mother temple of the Indian subcontinent. It has won numerous architectural awards and featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.

                                                               Worship

The lotus temple is open to all regardless religion. It emphasises the house of worship where is a gathering place of the people of all the religions, any of the religion can worship in the lotus temple. In the lotus temple prayers and the music are set by the choirs, no musical instrument can be played inside.

                                                             Structure

Lotus temple shares certain architecture elements, some of which are specified by the abdul baha, the son of the founder of the religion. Lotus temple is a nine-sided circular shape. Inspired by the lotus flower, the design is composed of 27 free-standing marble clad “petals” arranged in clusters of three to nine sides. There are the 9 doors which opens a central hall more than over 40 meters tall, it is capable of up to 2500 people. The surface of lotus temple is made of white marble. Along with its nine surrounding ponds and the gardens, the lotus temple property comprises 26 acres. The major part of the funds needed to buy this land was donated by the ardishir rustampur of Hyderabad, who gave his entire life savings for this purpose in 1953.

                                                           Tourism

After its inauguration of the lotus temple, it attracted more than 50 million visitors all over the world. It has become the most visited buildings in the world. It welcomes 4 million visitors each year.

                                                            Awards

The temple has received wide range of attention professional architectural, fine art, religious, governmental.

·         1989- The temple received an award from the Maharashtra-India chapter of the American concrete institute for “excellence in a concrete structure”.

·         1994-The temple has given the outstanding achievement in its architecture.

·         2000-Globart academy in Austria, has presented its “global academy 2000” award to architect of the lotus temple.