Packet I: Tossup 3

Temples in this religion were envisioned as being surrounded by service-providing buildings called “dependencies” in a set of letters called This Decisive Hour. The founder of this religion claimed that a temple represented the “Manifestation of God” in a (-5[1])tablet written in the shape of a pentagram, (10[1])collected in the Summons of the Lord of Hosts. (10[1])The “Greatest Name” (10[1])is often inscribed on the domes (10[1])of (10[1])temples (-5[1])of this religion, (10[1]-5[1])which are known as “Dawning-places of the Praise of God.” (10[1]-5[1])The oldest extant temple in this religion is located in Wilmette, (10[4])Illinois. (10[12]-5[6])A (10[1])temple (10[2])of this religion (10[3])consists of (-5[1])27 (10[1])marble (-5[1])standing (-5[1])petals, has nine (10[1])doors, (10[1]-5[1])and is surrounded by nine ponds. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[3])the Lotus Temple (10[1])in New (10[1])Delhi (10[1])is (10[1])a “House of Worship” (10[1])of what monotheistic (10[1])religion (-5[1])founded by (10[1])Bahá’u’lláh? (10[3])■END■ (10[11])

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