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There currently are Baha'i Temples in North America (US), Panama, Germany, India, Uganda, Western Samoa, and one is under construction in Chile. See the link below to view all of the Baha'i Houses of Worship.

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Wiki says: "Only eight Houses of Worship have been built around the world (this includes one in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan that has since been destroyed), with a ninth soon to be constructed in Chile."

However that's only counting the big formal Houses of Worship with nine sides etc.. There are smaller ones here and there, some not meeting the formal requirements. I visited one in the North of England last summer, built for about 30 people, in a woodland with a canvas roof and flowers growing in the middle (windows in the roof for light). Very nice.

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There are eight formal nine-sided "Mother Temples" (one on each continent) at the present time. These are open to people of all religious beliefs for meditation and worship. An informal House of Worship for a Baha'i, however, can be considered to be wherever Baha'is gather routinely for the Nineteen-Day Feast and cannot be numbered. They are as diverse as a Baha'i prayer Hogun on an Indian reservation, a Baha'i tent in the desert, or a structured Baha'i Center in a metropolitan area.

See link below for photos of the formal Temples/Houses of Worship around the world.

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There are currently seven "Mother Temples" (major Houses of Worship), for seven regions of the world: North America (near Chicago), Central America (near Panama city), Oceania (Samoa), Western Europe (near Frankfurt), Australia (Sydney), Africa (Uganda), and Southeast Asia (New Delhi, India). The eighth is now under construction near Santiago, Chile. Several websites show photographs of them.


Usually local Bahai communities have their devotions in homes or in a Baha'i center (which serves many purposes), depending upon the population of any particular community.

The Baha'i Faith's "Mother Temples" are built for ALL people as a place where one can meditate and worship God regardless of religion, creed, race, ethnicity, etc.

Eventually, in future centuries, a House of Worship will be built in every community. Right now other needs are more pressing, such as educating people and helping them have better lives.

In April 2012 the decision was announced by the international center of the Baha'i Faith that seven more would be undertaken in the next few years with the status of national or local Houses of Worship.

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