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List of Baháʼí Houses of Worship
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The following list is an overview of Baháʼí Houses of Worship (Mashriqu'l-Adhkár) throughout the world that have been constructed, are currently under construction, or are in the planning phases.
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# (by opening date) | Type | Region | Country | City | Image | Foundation (stone) laid / Groundbreaking | Completion / Dedication | Architect(s) | Seating | Height (in meters, approximately) | Dependencies | Comments |
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1. | Local[1] | Central Asia | Turkmenistan | Ishqabad (Ashkabad) | ![]() |
1902[2] | 1919[2] | Ustad Ali-Akbar-i-Banna[2] | A school for boys (completed in 1897), a school for girls (completed in 1907), a travellers' hostel, a medical dispensary, a library and a public reading room.[2] | Demolished in 1963 after 1948 earthquake[2][3] | ||
2. | Mother Temple of the West | North America | United States | Wilmette | ![]() |
1912[2] | 1953[2] | Louis Bourgeois[2] | 1200[2] | 42[2] | Home for the aged (1959[4] until 2002[2]) | |
3. | Mother Temple of Africa | Africa | Uganda | Kampala | ![]() |
1958[5] | 1961[5] | Charles Mason Remey[5] | 400[5] | 38[2] | ||
4. | Mother Temple of the Antipodes | Australasia | Australia | Sydney | ![]() |
1958[6] | 1961[6] | Charles Mason Remey[6] | 600[2] | 38[7] | ||
5. | Mother Temple of Europe | Europe | Germany | Langenhain | ![]() |
1960[8] | 1964[9] | Teuto Rocholl[8] | 600[8] | 28[10] | Home for the aged[2] | |
6. | Mother Temple of Latin America | Latin America | Panama | Panama City | 1967[11] | 1972[12] | Peter Tillotson[12] | 550[12] | 28[12] | |||
7. | Mother Temple of the Pacific | Pacific | Samoa | Apia | ![]() |
1979[13] | 1984[14] | Husayn Amanat (Hossein Amanat)[14] | 700[14] | 28[14] | ||
8. | Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent (Lotus Temple) | Asia | India | New Delhi | ![]() |
1977[15] | 1986[16] | Fariburz Sahba[17] | 1300[18] | 34[19] | ||
9. | Mother Temple of South America | South America | Chile | Santiago | ![]() |
2010[20] | 2016[21] | Siamak Hariri[22][23] | 600[24] | 30[25] | ||
10. | Local | Asia | Cambodia | Battambang | ![]() |
2015[26] | 2017[27] | Tang Sochet Vitou[28][29] | 200-250 | 12[30] | ||
11. | Local | South America | Colombia | Villa Rica, Cauca | ![]() |
2016[31] | 2018[32] | Gutierrez Chacón[33] | 250 | 18[34] | ||
12. | Local | Africa | Kenya | Matunda Soy | ![]() |
2019[35] | 2021[36] | Neda Samimi[37] | 250[37] | 18[38] | ||
13. | Local | Pacific | Vanuatu | Tanna | 2019[39] | 2021 | Ashkan Mostaghim[40] | 250 | 13.3 | |||
14. | National | Africa | DR Congo | Kinshasa | 2020 (design)[41] | 2023[42][43] | Wolff Architects[41] | 500-700 | 30 | |||
15. | National | Asia | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 2019[44] | 2024 | Henry Lape, Saeed Granfar[45] | 350[45] | 16[46] | |||
16. | Local | Asia | India | Bihar Sharif | 2020 (design)[47] | Moulshri Joshi, Amritha Ballal, and Suditya Sinha[47] | 500[48] | 16[48] | ||||
17. | Local | Asia | Nepal | Kanchanpur | 2023 (announcement)[49][50] | |||||||
18. | Local | Africa | Zambia | Mwinilunga | 2023 (announcement)[51][50] | |||||||
19. | National | North America | Canada | Toronto | 2023 (announcement)[52][50] |
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