2016 22 May 201- |
Some 700 people gathered on the temple land in the small village of Agua Azul, in the municipality of Villa Rica near Norte del Cauca, Colombia to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the first local Bahá'í House of Worship.
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Following the groundbreaking ceremony the three-meter high central mound on which the 18-meter tall Temple will stand will be completed, and the foundational work for the surrounding auxiliary structures will be laid. In time, these structures will be painted in the bright colors traditional to buildings in Colombia. |
- Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Local; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Norte del Cauca, Colombia; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Foundation stones and groundbreaking; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Agua Azul, Colombia; North Caucasus; Colombia |
first local House of Worship in Colombia, first local Mashriqu’l-Adhkar in Columbia |