MUHJ63-86/250/Contract for Construction of the Indian Temple

Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986
Contract for Construction of the Indian Temple

1 May 1980

[Page 447]To the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India.

250.1 GRATEFUL SENTIMENTS EXPRESSED PARTICIPANTS CONVENTION HELD AUSPICIOUS OCCASIONS SIGNING CONTRACT CONSTRUCTION BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE HEART SUBCONTINENT INAUGURATION CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS DESIGNED PROMOTE LIFEGIVING MESSAGE BAHÁ’U’LLÁH GREATER NUMBER RECEPTIVE SOULS ALL STRATA SOCIETY LENGTH BREADTH WIDTH INDIA.^[1] ARDENTLY PRAYING DIVINE THRESHOLD SUPPLICATING BLESSINGS ASSISTANCE OUTSTANDING SERVICES BAHÁ’Í COMMUNITY INDIA ALREADY DISTINGUISHED BY MAGNIFICENT ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH HAVE BRIGHTENED HOPES ATTRACTED ADMIRATION ENTIRE BAHÁ’Í WORLD.

UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE

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↑ The centenary referred to is that of the establishment of a nucleus of the Faith in India in 1880, although Jamal Effendi was sent there by Bahá’u’lláh as early as 1872–73 and arrived in New Delhi in 1876 after touring the country.

[1] The centenary referred to is that of the establishment of a nucleus of the Faith in India in 1880, although Jamal Effendi was sent there by Bahá’u’lláh as early as 1872–73 and arrived in New Delhi in 1876 after touring the country.

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