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President of Iceland visits Baha’i Temple in New Delhi
Posted in Global, Headline on 14 November 2000

The President of the Republic of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, and his family visited the Baha’i House of Worship here on 29 October. He was the first head of state to visit the famous “Lotus Temple,” as the House of Worship is popularly known, during an official state visit.

The President was accompanied by a delegation of about 30 Icelandic dignitaries, including the Foreign Minister, Haldor Asgrimmson, and his wife. They were met by the Secretary-General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of India, Ramnik Shah, the General Manager of the House of Worship, Shahin Javid, and a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors for Asia, Zena Sorabjee.