First Honor award from the Interfaith Forum on Religious Art and Architecture, Affiliate of the American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C. 

Recognition from the American Concrete Institute as "One of the finest concrete structures of the world"

 In 1986, the Lotus Temple was dedicated and opened to both practitioners of the Bah&aacute;'&iacute; Faith and the general public. 

 The Lotus Temple lies south of New Delhi and is the pride of the Baha'i community; a faith that welcomes people from every religion. Expressionist in style and spectacular in its architectural and structural ingenuity, the House of Worship takes its inspiration from the exquisite lotus flower - a symbol of beauty, purity and divinity intimately associated with worship and a common strand running through the symbolism of many religions in India as well as their international sects and manifestations. 

The Lotus Temple has made it to UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites recently. The 27-year old monument was the youngest entry in the category.

Lotus Temple

 The temple is featured on a 6.50 rupee postage stamp in India. 

 It is the first temple in the national capital that makes use of solar power. 

 Ardishir Rustampur, a Bahai follower from Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan, donated his entire savings to fund the land purchase of the temple. 

 According to CNN, Lotus Temple was the most visited building in India, surpassing even the Taj Mahal with some 4.5 million visitors in 2001.