- Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh
Located in
Bahjí nearAcre, Israel , the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is themost holy place for Bahá'ís and represents theirQiblih , or direction of prayer. It contains the remains ofBahá'u'lláh and is near the spot where he died in theMansion 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 toShoghi Effendi .The Shrine and its surrounding gardens, as well as the
Mansion of Bahjí , was inscribed on theWorld 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
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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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