List of Baháʼí Houses of Worship

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.

# (by opening date)	Type	Region	Country	City	Image	Foundation (stone) laid / Groundbreaking	Completion / Dedication	Architect(s)	Seating	Height (in meters, approximately)	Dependencies	Comments
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]		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]

Further reading

• Herrmann, Duane L. (1994). Firuz Kazemzadeh; Betty Fisher; Howard Garey; Robert Stockman; James Stokes (eds.). "Houses as perfect as is possible". World Order. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. 26 (1): 17–31.

References

External links

• Baháʼí Houses of Worship: A Visual Overview (2020)
• Chronology on Bahai-library.com

This page was last edited on 9 February 2024, at 16:35