Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh

Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh

Located in Bahjí near Acre, Israel, the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is the most holy place for Bahá'ís and represents their Qiblih, or direction of prayer. It contains the remains of Bahá'u'lláh and is near the spot where he died in the Mansion of Bahjí. The Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is composed of a central room that has a small garden at its centre, which has trees growing in it and there are layers of carpets around the walls. [cite journal | author = National Spiritual Assembly of the United States | year = 1966 | month = January | title = Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh | journal = Bahá’í News | issue = 418 | pages = p. 4 | url = https://bahai.bwc.org/pilgrimage/Intro/visit_2.asp | accessdate = 2006-08-12] cite web | last = Viswanathan | first = G. M. | title = Bahá'í Aesthetics of the Sacred | publisher = bahai-library.com | date= 1994-07-24 | url = http://bahai-library.com/pilgrims/pilgrimage.viswanathan/pilgrimage08.html | accessdate = 2006-08-12] In the right hand corner of the central room there is a small room where Bahá'u'lláh's remains are laid to rest.cite web | title = Visits to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh and Meeting with the members of the Universal House of Justice | last = Manvell | first = Christ | date = 1996-11| accessdate = 2006-08-12 | url= http://bahai-library.com/pilgrims/manvell/day2.htm | publisher = bahai-library.com] [For pictures of the central room and the inner Shrine, see "The Bahá'í World", Vol III, p. 5 and 11.]

The Shrine, after `Abdu'l-Bahá's death, was occupied by Mírzá Muhammad `Alí and his supporters, who forcibly took the keys to the Shrine in January 1922.cite web | title=The Dispensation of Baha'u'llah: Its Continuing Place In History | last = Wilson | first = Helen T. | date = 2000-04 | url = http://bahai-library.com/?file=wilson_dispensation_bahaullah | accessdate = 2006-08-12 | publisher = bahai-library.com] The governor of Acre ordered the keys to be returned to the authorities and a guard was posted at the Shrine. In early 1923 the keys were returned to Shoghi Effendi.

The Shrine and its surrounding gardens, as well as the Mansion of Bahjí, was inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2008. [cite web | url = http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/452 | accessdate = 2008-07-08 | date = 2008-07-08 | title = Three new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List | author = UNESCO World Heritage Centre] [cite web | url = http://whc.unesco.org/archive/2007/whc07-31com-8be.pdf | title = Convention concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage | pages = p. 34 | author = World Heritage Committee | date = 2007-07-02 | accessdate = 2008-07-08]

ee also

* Burial places of founders of world religions

Notes

External links

* [https://bahai.bwc.org/pilgrimage/Intro/visit_2.asp Bahá'í Pilgrimage - Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh]


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