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ASSIGNMENT : ORAL PRESENTATION TOPIC : RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS AROUND THE WORLD LOTUS TEMPLE LEE XIN YING 0322432 EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION (COM30103) WEDNESDAY CLASS SEPTEMBER 2015
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ASSIGNMENT : ORAL PRESENTATION
TOPIC : RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS
AROUND THE WORLD
LOTUS TEMPLELEE XIN YING
0322432EFFECTIVE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION (COM30103)
WEDNESDAY CLASS
SEPTEMBER 2015
LOTUS TEMPLENEW DELHI, INDIA
- FOUNDED IN IRAN IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY
- BAHÁ’U‘LLÁH ( GLORY OF GOD )
- THE RELIGION HAS THREE CORE PRINCIPLES: > THE UNITY OF GOD> THE UNITY OF RELIGION> THE UNITY OF MANKIND
- HAS AS MANY AS 7 MILLION FOLLOWERS WORLDWIDE
- SECOND-MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED RELIGION AFTER CHRISTIANITY
Baha‘i Faith
• represents an invocation which can be translated either as 'O Glory of Glories' or 'O Glory of the All-Glorious.‘
• The word glory used in this connection is a translation of the Arabic term Bahá, the name of Bahá'u'lláh.
• Nine, as the highest single-digit number, symbolizes completeness.
• Since the Bahá‘í Faith claims to be the fulfillment of the expectations of all prior religions, this symbol, as used for example in nine-sided Bahá’í temples.
• reflects that sense of fulfillment and completeness.
The Greatest Name
The Nine-pointed Star
Symbol of Baha‘i Faith
Baha’I Ringstone Symbol
The three levels of the design represent :
the world of God, the Creator
the world of His Manifestations
the world of man
• The vertical line joins the three horizantal bars
• Form the link between the world of God and the world of man.
The twin five-pointed stars on either side of the design represent the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh,
Baha’I Temple, Chicago
Baha’I Temple, Sydney
Baha’I Temple, Samoa
• all Baha’i House of Worship including the lotus temple, share certain architectural
• some of which are specific by Baha’i scripture
• nine-sided circular shape- Abdul-Baha, the son of the founder of religion, stipulated this essential architectural character of a House of Worship
- CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN YEAR OF 1986
- BUILT BY IRANIAN ARCHITECT, FARIBORZ SAHBA WHO NOW LIVES IN CANADA
- SPENT 10 YEARS IN DESIGNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- WITH THE HELP OF A TEAM OF ABOUT 800 ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, ARTISANS AND WORKER
Historical background
WHY IT IS NAMED LOTUS TEMPLE?- LOTUS IS A SYMBOL OF LOVE, PEACE,
IMMORTALITY AND PURITY- DESIGNED LIKE A LOTUS FLOWER
• CHARACTERIZED BY A NINE-SIDED CONSTRUCTION- 27 INDEPENDENT MARBLE “PETALS”
- CLUSTERED INTO GROUPS OF THREE TO FORM NINE SIDES
- NINE ENTRANCES INTO A CENTRAL SPACE
External Structure
• EXPANSE OF LANDSCAPED GARDENS
- SURROUNDED BY NINE REFLECTING POOLS BORDERED BY RED SANDSTONE WALKWAYS
- REPRESENT THE GREEN LEAVES OF THE LOTUS FLOWER
Interior Structure
CIRCULAR AUDITORIUM- 1,200 SEATS- ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE 2,500
PEOPLE
Floor Plan
- SYMBOL OF NINE-POINTED STAR SET AT THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE
- PROVIDES NATURAL DAYLIGHTOrnamentation
ENTRANCE GATE TO LOTUS TEMPLE
ARTIFICIAL PEACOCK
SANDSTONE- WALKWAY
WHITE MARBLE PANEL AND THIN CONCCRETE SHELL- OUTER SURFACE OF THE SHELLS AND INNER SURFACE OF THE ARCHES
GLASS AND STEEL- ROOF
WHITE CONCRETE- PETALS OF
LOTUS
Type of Materials Used
- SET IN THE MIDDLE OF A SPRAWLING LAWN
- HOUSE OF WORSHIP
- VISITED BY OVER 50 MILLION
- OPEN TO ALL RELIGIOUS FAITH- PRAYERS CAN BE SET TO MUSIC BY
CHOIR
- NO SERMONS ARE ALLOWED
- NO RITUALISTIC CEREMONIES
- MUSIC IS PERMITTED BUT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT
- BAHA’I SCRIPTURE ALSO STATES THAT NO PICTURES, STATUES, OR IMAGES BE DISPLAYED WITHIN THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP
- NO PULPITS OR ALTARS BE INCORPORATED AS AN ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE
ENTRANCE OF LIBRARY
Library
- visitors can sit and peruse the books borrowed from the library.
- WITH THE HISTORY OF THE RELIGION- INFORMATION ON THE BUILDING
- SOME DISPLAYS AT THE ENTRANCE
Information Centre
- HEADED FOR THE TEMPLE PASSING THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST EXQUISITE LAWNS
- FULL OF FLOWER BEDS OF PETUNIAS, PANSIES, SWEET SULTANS, FLOCKS, WHITE ROSES, AND LUSH GREEN GRASS.
FRONT GARDEN
Garden
WALKWAY ALONG THE GARDEN
Sunset View
Night View
NIGHT VIEW FROM FRONT
REFERENCES1. http://historyinworld.blogspot.my/2011/07/lotus-temple-history.html
2. http://www.britannica.com/topic/Lotus-Temple
3. http://www.religionfacts.com/bahai/history
4. http://historicaltimeofindia.blogspot.com/2013/07/history-of-lotus-temple-in-delhi.html
5. http://listverse.com/2012/11/23/top-10-stunning-religious-buildings-in-images/
6. https://www.google.com/search?q=lotus+temple&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=667&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiVmPXv5ZLKAhUOWI4KHYknAoMQ_AUIBygC
7. http://www.ghumakkar.com/baha%E2%80%99i-house-of-worship-%E2%80%93-the-lotus-temple/
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