The Lotus Temple is a Bahai House of Worship in Delhi, India, completed in December 1986. Notable for its lotus-like shape, it has become a prominent attraction in the city, and like every Bahai House of Worship it is open to all people regardless of religion or any other qualification. The building is composed of 27 free standing marble clad petals arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides, with nine doors opening onto a central hall slightly over 34 meters high with a capacity of 1,300 people, and it has won numerous architectural awards.
Facts
Building Type Completed Year Height (m)Source states the height as "slightly over 34 metres"; no more precise figure is given. Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Wikipedia: Lotus Temple
Uses Element
Source Wikipedia: Lotus Temple
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, located there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Lotus Temple
WikipediaLead paragraph, sentence 1
Notable for its lotus-like shape, it has become a prominent attraction in the city.
Lead paragraph, sentence 1 (place clause)
Notable for its lotus-like shape, it has become a prominent attraction in the city.
Lead paragraph, sentence 2
It was completed in December 1986.
Lead paragraph, structure sentence
The building is composed of 27 free-standing marble-clad "petals" arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides, with nine doors opening onto a central hall with a height of slightly over 34 metres and a capacity of 1,300 people.
Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
The Lotus Temple is a Bahai House of Worship in Delhi, India, completed in December 1986. Notable for its lotus-like shape, it has become a prominent attraction in the city, and like every Bahai House of Worship it is open to all people regardless of religion or any other qualification. The building is composed of 27 free standing marble clad petals arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides, with nine doors opening onto a central hall slightly over 34 meters high with a capacity of 1,300 people, and it has won numerous architectural awards.
- In Style: Expressionist Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Expressionist
Uses Element: Marble, Introduction
27 free-standing marble-clad concrete petals
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Lotus Temple
- Wikidata Q940843, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q940843, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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