The lotus temple was considered impossible to build In India. While designing the Baha’i House of Worship for India — a Temple dedicated to the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Religions, and the Oneness of Mankind, in which peoples of all backgrounds are welcome – architect Fariborz Sahba was inspired to use the lotus flower as the basis for his creation. He chose it as a symbol for the Bahá’í belief in the potential purity of the human spirit; he chose it as a metaphor for the truth that out of