The North American Baha'i Temple at Wilmette, Illinois, is one of seven continental "Mother Temples" of the Baha'i Faith. An eighth is being constructed in Chile. These Houses of Worship were built for the people of the world as places for contemplation, meditation, and/or prayer regardless of religious affiliation.
No. Lotus Temple at Delhi is a contemporary structure. It has been built by the followers of the Bahai Sect.
Strictly speaking it is not a temple, but rather a shrine: the Shrine of the Bab. It was built by the Baha'is. The inner part of the shrine was built under the direction of Abdu'l-Baha (son of Baha'u'llah), the columns and superstructure and dome were built under the direction of his grandson, Shoghi Effendi.
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A Bahai place of worship is called: 1) a Bahai house of worship, 2) a Bahai temple or 3) a Mashriqu'l-adhkar These are three different names for the same thing.
Not being able to speak Arabic, I can't translate any of them for you. I do know that they are various writings of Bahá'u'lláh (tr. "glory of God"), founder of the Baha'i Faith.
The first temple in Illinois was in Nauvoo, which was built in the 1840's. It was destroyed by fire in 1848 and rebuilt in 2002. There is also a temple near Chicago. You can read about the Navuoo temple here: www.ldschurchtemples.com/nauvoo and the Chicago temple here: www.ldschurchtemples.com/chicago
Each Baha'i temple is unique in its own right, based upon the design of its architect. The only exception is that every temple must be nine-sided.
The temple of Hephaestus was built for Hephaestus and in in honor of him.
the golden temple was built in amritsar
This temple was built by King Samaratungga.
Solomon's temple was built in Jerusalem on the "Temple Mount". It was a temple built to house the "Ark of the Covenant".
Buddhist Temple of Chicago was created in 1944.