Baha’i Houses of Worship are few - there are only eight around the world. All are open to all people. A nine-sided structure and central dome, common to all of them, symbolize both the diversity of the human race and its essential oneness.

As well, Baha’i Houses of Worship are known for their elaborate and lush gardens.

There is at least one House of Worship on each of the inhabited continents:

• Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.A.
• Frankfurt, Germany
• Kampala, Uganda
• Sydney, Australia
• Panama City, Panama
• Apia, Samoa
• New Delhi, India
• Santiago, Chile


There are currently many other sites set aside around the world for future Houses of Worship, but local Baha’i communities tend to emphasize developing the social and spiritual institutions of communal life rather than the construction of physical buildings.

Apart from these major centers, Baha’i communities commonly have no specific places of worship and often meet in members’ homes or in local community centres.