HAIFA, Israel, 11 February 2004 (BWNS) — The Baha’i International Community today launched a Web site presenting the design of the Baha’i House of Worship to be constructed in Chile. The site is located at http://temple.cl.bahai.org.
The site, in both Spanish and English, features an animated tour, a slide show and “fly-through” of the Temple, accompanied by text.

Canadian architecture firm Hariri Pontarini Architects received approval by the Universal House of Justice to develop its competition-winning scheme for the Temple in the environs of Chile’s principal city, Santiago.

We are very pleased to share with you the report that H.E. Mr. Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, and his wife, Mrs. Ingrid Schulerud, visited the Bahá’í House of Worship in India on April 19, 2001. The report was prepared by the Public Relation Officer of our Baha’i House of Worship. Mrs. Zena Sorabjee, Chairperson of the Bahá’í House of Worship, Mr. Ramnik Shah, Secretary General of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, and Mr. Shaheen Javid, General Manager of the Bahá’í House of Worship, greeted the Delegation as they arrived by car.

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.