Lotus Temple

Imagine a huge white lotus flower blooming amidst a dusty, noisy and chaotic megacity. Twenty-seven snow-white "petals" soaring in the sky; nine blue-water pools surrounding it like leaves; and absolute, for Delhi, silence inside. This is the Lotus Temple — one of the most recognizable buildings not only in India but throughout the world. Unlike the Red Fort or Qutub Minar, here there are no altars, no statues, not even sacred images.