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Kalkaji

Lotus Temple

The Lotus Temple is a in , India. It was completed in December 1986. Notable for its lotus-like shape, it has become a prominent attraction in the city.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Bahá’í temple
  • Description: Bahá’í House of Worship in Delhi, India

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kalka Mandir and Kalkaji Mandir metro station.

Hindu temple
Kalkaji Mandir, is a Hindu Temple, dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Kali. It is situated in southern , in Kalkaji, , a locality that has derived its name from the temple and is located opposite the and close to the railway station, . is situated 450 metres southeast of Lotus Temple.

Metro station
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The is an interchange station between the Violet Line and the Magenta Line of Delhi Metro. It serves the area of Kalkaji in , and provides access to many tourist sites such as , Lotus Temple, Prachin Bhairav Mandir and ISKCON Temple. is situated 430 metres south of Lotus Temple.

Metro station
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The is located on the Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro. The station was opened on 25 December 2017. is situated 620 metres east of Lotus Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dayanand Colony and Chittaranjan Park.

Neighborhood
is part of the area of . It falls under Lajpat Nagar-4 in South Delhi. By 1957, it was named after Dayanand Saraswati.

Suburb
is an neighborhood in South East Delhi and home to a large Bengali community. It was established on a rocky terrain in the early 1960s under the name EPDP Colony and later renamed after the deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das in the 1980s.

Suburb
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is a posh residential colony of South Delhi, India. It consists of A, B, C, and D Blocks. It is situated near the Uttar Pradesh border.

Lotus Temple

Latitude
28.55336° or 28° 33′ 12″ north
Longitude
77.25861° or 77° 15′ 31″ east
Elevation
241 metres (791 feet)
Inception
1986
Open location code
7JWVH735+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44827278
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7732852
Wiki­data ID
Q940843
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Lotus Temple” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lotus Tempel”
  • Afrikaans: “Lotustempel”
  • Arabic: “معبد اللوتس”
  • Arabic: “معبداللوتس”
  • Armenian: “Լոտոսի տաճար”
  • Assamese: “পদুম মন্দিৰ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lotos məbədi”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Лотаса”
  • Bengali: “কমল মন্দির”
  • Bhojpuri: “कमल मंदिर”
  • Bhojpuri: “बहाई मंदिर”
  • Bhojpuri: “लोटस टेंपल”
  • Catalan: “temple del lotus”
  • Catalan: “Temple del Lotus”
  • Chinese: “莲花寺”
  • Chinese: “莲花庙”
  • Chinese: “蓮花寺”
  • Czech: “Lotosový chrám”
  • Dutch: “Lotus-tempel”
  • Dutch: “Lotustempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد اللوتس”
  • Esperanto: “Lotusa Templo”
  • Estonian: “Lootose tempel”
  • Finnish: “Lootustemppeli”
  • French: “Temple du Lotus”
  • Georgian: “ლოტოსის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Lotos-Tempel”
  • German: “Lotostempel”
  • German: “Lotus-Tempel”
  • German: “Lotustempel”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Λωτού”
  • Gujarati: “લોટસ ટેમ્પલ, દિલ્હી”
  • Gujarati: “લોટસ ટેમ્પલ”
  • Hebrew: “בית התפילה הבהאי בדלהי”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש הלוטוס”
  • Hindi: “कमल मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “कमल मन्दिर”
  • Hindi: “बहाई उपासना मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “बहाई मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “बहाई मन्दिर”
  • Hindi: “लोटस टेंपल”
  • Hindi: “लोटस टेम्पल”
  • Hindi: “लोटस टैंपल”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Teratai”
  • Italian: “Tempio del loto”
  • Italian: “Tempio del Loto”
  • Japanese: “ロータス・テンプル”
  • Japanese: “ロータス寺院”
  • Kannada: “ಕಮಲ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
  • Kazakh: “Лотос ғибадатханасы”
  • Lithuanian: “Lotoso šventykla”
  • Maithili: “कमल मन्दिर”
  • Maithili: “लोटस टेम्पल”
  • Malayalam: “Lotus Temple”
  • Malayalam: “ബഹായ് ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Malayalam: “ലോട്ടസ് ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Malayalam: “ലോട്ടസ് ടെമ്പിൾ”
  • Marathi: “लोटस टॅम्पल”
  • Marathi: “लोटस टेंपल”
  • Nepali: “कमल मंदिर”
  • Nepali: “कमल मन्दिर”
  • Nepali: “लोटस टेम्पल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lotustempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Lotustempelet”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਮਲ ਮੰਦਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਮਲ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਹਾਈ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੋਟਸ ਟੈਂਪਲ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੋਟਸ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Persian: “لوتوس تمپل”
  • Persian: “مشرق الاذکار دهلی”
  • Persian: “مشرق الاذکار نیلوفر آبی”
  • Persian: “مشرق الاذکار نیلوفر ابی”
  • Persian: “مشرق‌الاذکار نیلوفر آبی”
  • Persian: “معبد لوتوس”
  • Persian: “معبد نیلوفر”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Lotosu”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Lótus”
  • Russian: “Храм Лотоса”
  • Sanskrit: “lotus temple”
  • Slovak: “Lotosový chrám”
  • Spanish: “Templo del loto”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Loto”
  • Swedish: “Bahai lotus tempel”
  • Swedish: “Bahaitemplet i Delhi”
  • Swedish: “Lotus Temple”
  • Swedish: “Lotustemplet”
  • Tamil: “தாமரைக் கோயில்”
  • Telugu: “కమల మందిరం”
  • Telugu: “లోటస్ టెంపుల్”
  • Thai: “โลทัสเทมเพิล”
  • Turkish: “Nilüfer Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Лотоса”
  • Urdu: “معبد کنول”
  • Uzbek: “Lotus ibodatxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Hoa Sen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Templo nga Loto”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنول مندر”
  • Yue Chinese: “蓮花寺”
  • “लोटस टेंपल”

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