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Mother Temple
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The first Bahá'í House of Worship to be built in a particular geographical area. For example, the Temple in Wilmette, Illinois, USA, is the ‘Mother Temple of the West' and the one near Frankfurt, Germany, is the ‘Mother Temple of Europe'.
[BD 161]
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List of Mother Temples
Location Continental Mother Temple of:
'Ishqábád, Russia Asia
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America North America
Kampala, Uganda Africa
Sydney (Ingleside), New South Wales Australia
Hofheim-Langenhain, Germany Europe
Panama City, Panama Central America
Tiapapata, Samoa Asia-Pacific
Bahapur, New Delhi, India Indian Sub-Continent
Santiago, Chile South America
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