Mwa unyinji wa nyumba zopembedzera zakale komanso zodziwika bwino ku India, imodzi ndi imodzi mwamalo opatulika omwe amawonedwa kwambiri Padziko Lapansi: Kachisi wa Lotus wa Chikhulupiriro cha Bahá'í.
Delhi, likulu la India, mzinda wachiwiri wokhala ndi anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi ndipo ukukula pafupifupi atatu peresenti pachaka, ndi kwawo kwa matchalitchi, akachisi ndi mizikiti yambiri. Pa nyumba zambiri zolambirira zakale komanso zodziwika bwino m'derali, imodzi ndiyodziwika kwambiri anachezera kwambiri malo opatulika Padziko Lapansi: Kachisi wa Lotus wa Chikhulupiriro cha Bahá'í.
Kachisi wa Lotus, yemwe amadziwikanso kuti Kamal Mandir kapena Lotus waku Bahapur, amachezeredwa ndi 4.5 miliyoni pachaka, kuposa malo opatulika a Báb pa Phiri la Karimeli ku Haifa, Israel komwe mabwinja a kachisi wa Bahapur amayendera. Herald wa chipembedzo anakwiriridwa. Kachisiyo anatsegulidwa mu 1986 ndipo anali atawona kale alendo 100 miliyoni chaka chake cha 30 chisanafike.
Maekala 26 a kachisiyo ali ndi zomera zobiriwira, ndipo azunguliridwa ndi maiwe onyezimira asanu ndi anayi abuluu ndi misewu yofiira yamchenga yopita ku zipata zisanu ndi zinayi. Kachisi yemweyo amakhala ndi mphete zitatu, mphete iliyonse imakhala ndi miyala isanu ndi inayi yopangidwa ndi miyala ya marble yoyera yomwe imapanga chithunzithunzi cha duwa la lotus pachimake choyandama m'madzi. Nyumba yopemphereramo mkati mwa kachisiyo imakhala ndi 2,500 ndipo imayatsidwa ndi dzuwa kudzera padenga lagalasi pakatikati pa duwa. Kachisi wa Lotus ku New Delhi, India
Kachisi wa Abahá'í amatchedwa a mashriq al-adhkār m’Chiarabu, kutanthauza “malo amene kutchulidwa kwa dzina la Mulungu kumatulukira m’bandakucha.” Kumanga kwake kwapadera kuli ndi mbali zisanu ndi zinayi ndi zitseko zisanu ndi zinayi. Zikhulupiriro za Abahá'í zimaona kuti nambala 1921 ndi yofunika kwambiri monga momwe anafotokozera Shoghi Effendi, mdzukulu komanso wolowa m'malo wa `Abdu'l-Bahá, yemwe anasankhidwa kukhala Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith kuyambira 1957 mpaka imfa yake mu XNUMX. "Choyamba, chimaimira zipembedzo zazikulu zisanu ndi zinayi zapadziko lapansi zomwe tili ndi chidziwitso chotsimikizika chambiri, kuphatikiza Chibvumbulutso cha Babi ndi Bahá'í; chachiwiri, chimaimira chiwerengero cha ungwiro, kukhala nambala imodzi yapamwamba kwambiri; chachitatu, ndilo mtengo wa manambala wa liwu lakuti ‘Bahá’.”
'Abdu'l-Bahá-mwana wamkulu wa Baha'u'llah, woyambitsa wa chipembedzo—anati: “Pamene Mashriqu’l-Adhkár akwaniritsidwa, pamene zounikira zikutuluka m’menemo, olungama amaonekera m’menemo, mapemphero amapembedzedwa ku ufumu wosadziwika bwino, liwu la ulemerero limakwezedwa kwa Ambuye; Wapamwambamwamba, kenako okhulupirira adzasangalala, Mitima idzasefukira ndikusefukira ndi chikondi cha Mulungu Wamoyo ndi Wokhalapo. Anthu adzafulumira kupembedza mu Kachisi wakumwamba ameneyo, fungo la Mulungu lidzakwezeka, ziphunzitso za umulungu zidzakhazikika m’mitima monga kukhazikitsidwa kwa Mzimu mwa anthu; Kenako anthu adzakhazikika Panjira ya Mbuye wako, Wachisoni. Matamando ndi moni zikhale pa inu.”
Womanga kachisi wa Lotus, Fariborz Sahba, adasankhidwa ndi a Nyumba Yachilungamo Yadziko Lonse mu 1976 kupanga ndi kumanga kachisi ku Indian subcontinent. Iye anali atagwirapo kale ntchito yokonza Mpando wa Nyumba Yachilungamo ya Padziko Lonse pa Phiri la Karimeli ku Haifa, ku Israel, ndipo pambuyo pake anabwerera kukapanga masitepe a m’mbali mwa nyanja. Kachisi wa Bab.
