| The Baha’i Temple in Delhi, India, is one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks. Popularly known as the Lotus Temple, it is built of white marble in the shape of a half-opened lotus flower. Baha’i is a nondenominational religious faith founded in the late 19th century. The world’s largest Baha’i community is found in India, where about 2 million people adhere to the faith. Social aims based in the principles of the Baha’i faith include the abolition of racial and religious prejudice. |