List of Baháʼí Houses of Worship

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A map of the location of Baháʼí Houses of Worship throughout the world: green represents countries that currently have Baháʼí Houses of Worship (with a black dot for the city); light green represents countries where Baháʼí Houses of Worship are planned or under construction; and red represents countries where a Baháʼí House of Worship previously existed.

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 Central Asia Turkmenistan Ishqabad (Ashkabad)
1902 1919 Ustad Ali-Akbar-i-Banna 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. Demolished in 1963 after 1948 earthquake
2. Mother Temple of the West North America United States Wilmette
1912 1953 Louis Bourgeois 1200 42 Home for the aged (1959 until 2002)
3. Mother Temple of Africa Africa Uganda Kampala
1958 1961 Charles Mason Remey 400 38
4. Mother Temple of the Antipodes Australasia Australia Sydney
1958 1961 Charles Mason Remey 600 38
5. Mother Temple of Europe Europe Germany Langenhain
1960 1964 Teuto Rocholl 600 28 Home for the aged
6. Mother Temple of Latin America Latin America Panama Panama City
1967 1972 Peter Tillotson 550 28
7. Mother Temple of the Pacific Pacific Samoa Apia
1979 1984 Husayn Amanat (Hossein Amanat) 700 28
8. Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent (Lotus Temple) Asia India New Delhi
1977 1986 Fariburz Sahba 1300 34
9. Mother Temple of South America South America Chile Santiago
2010 2016 Siamak Hariri 600 30
10. Local Asia Cambodia Battambang
2015 2017 Tang Sochet Vitou 200-250 12
11. Local South America Colombia Villa Rica, Cauca
2016 2018 Gutierrez Chacón 250 18
12. Local Africa Kenya Matunda Soy
2019 2021 Neda Samimi 250 18
13. Local Pacific Vanuatu Tanna 2019 2021 Ashkan Mostaghim 250 13.3
14. National Africa DR Congo Kinshasa 2020 (design) 2023 Wolff Architects 500-700 30
15. National Asia Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 2019 Henry Lape, Saeed Granfar 350 16
16. Local Asia India Bihar Sharif 2020 (design) Moulshri Joshi, Amritha Ballal, and Suditya Sinha 500 16
17. Local Asia Nepal Kanchanpur 2023 (announcement)
18. Local Africa Zambia Mwinilunga 2023 (announcement)
19. National North America Canada Toronto 2023 (announcement)

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. 26 (1). National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States: 17–31.

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