Lotus Temple - Directions | Timings | History

If you are looking for peace and I mean literally... peace, do visit Lotus Temple (also known as Bahai temple). I know we all have studied about it in our books in India. To those who are not from India, actually Lotus Temple is one of the monuments which come under famous monuments of India. So if you have only seen Lotus Temple in pictures, do visit it. It’s a wonderful place. It was constructed by Canadian architect Fariborz Sahba and completed in 1986. The best part of this temple is that it is open for people of all religion.

So the next question is How to reach, what are the timings of Lotus Temple, Is there a ticket etc. Well that’s why you have me. So here we go...

How to reach Lotus Temple (Directions and Landmarks)

Whether you are coming by your own vehicle or by public vehicle, the best landmark for Lotus Temple is Kalkaji Metro Station. If you are coming by metro or bus, Get down at Kalkaji and start walking. Lotus Temple is only 15 minutes away from there. Come on you don’t want to walk....fine..take a rickshaw but do not pay more than Rs20 bucks (if you are alone). Two guys..pay Rs30 bucks and if he asks more than that, start showing that you come to this every single day and you know the area and you know the fare...you know what I mean..:P

Lotus Temple also known as Bahai Temple built by Canadian architect in 1986. Isn't it look beautiful.

Timings of Lotus Temple

From 1 April to 30 September – It opens at 9.00am and closes at 7.00pm

From 1 October to 31 March – It opens at 9.00am and closes at 5.30pm

Most importantly, Lotus Temple does not open on Monday’s. Make sure you do not go there on Monday.

Ticket for Lotus Temple

So what’s the charge, actually there is none....yeah you heard me..No ticked at all...Isn’t it great...We like free entries don’t we.

What to do in Lotus Temple

First thing first, you can sit inside the temple and experience the peace. At the entrance, there are two beautiful ponds and there is a sitting area where you can sit and chill out. ONE IMPORTANT THING, you are not allowed to take any kind of eatable inside the premises. Not even juice. Security would ask you to literally throw it away. So make sure your bags do not have any eatables except drinking water. 

This is the place outside the temple where you can sit, take pictures and chill out.

Photography Rules

There are no rules. You can take as many pictures as you want BUT you are not allowed to take pictures inside the temple..WAIT, you do know that it’s a temple..right..But if the goal of the day is to capture that lotus shaped image than you are on..nobody would stop you. Last thing as I always say, you are absolutely fine till the time you don’t use tripod to capture images or record videos. So no tripod.

This is it. Go to Lotus Temple and experience the peace and purity of the place, once you are inside, you are not suppose to talk. So just sit and explore your inner peace. If you want to attend the prayer than the timings of Lotus Temple prayers are 10.00 am, 12.00pm, 3.00pm and 5.00pm. I have personally attended these prayers. It’s an amazing experience.

This picture was taken from the outer fence of Lotus Temple. While taking the picture I was just visualizing that How did they make this in 1986 ? Yes I like visualizing history.

Architecture at it best.

Peaceful like heaven.

These are the people who came to visit the temple that day. I saw people coming directly from bus terminals with their luggage in the temple.

This is other man made pond I was talking about. This one is opposite to the other one. People site, chill out and some of them meditate as well. Amazing place.

Played a bit with my camera and captured this image. Hope you like it :)

That’s all for lotus temple, If you any query related to Lotus Temple or any other place, just write to me in the comment section or message me directly on my Facebook page – www.facebook.com/TouringTravellers.

So till next time, Keep travelling and stay happy because you are awesome.