Baha’i Religion & Gardens in Haifa, Israel

The Baha’i Terraces or Hanging Gardens of Haifa in the north of Israel represent the first eighteen disciples of Bab religion, teaching the equality of all religions and people, taking its begging in Iran ?? in XIX century.

The founder of Bab religion was an Iranian merchant from Shiraz who in 1844, at the age of 24, claimed to be a messenger of God, taken the nickname of “Bab”, meaning the “Gate” in Persian. Later on Bab was persecuted & killed by Iranian government, but his teaching was incorporated in “Baha’i” religious movement, meant “Glory”.

Ever since Bab’s death, eleven Baha’i Temples were built around the world ?: Colombia in 2018, Chile in 2016, India in 1986, Samoa in 1984, Panama in 1972, Germany in 1964, Uganda in 1962, Australia in 1961, USA and Israel in 1953, & the very first one in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in 1908, where the first Baha’i community of 1,000 people was established.

This very first Temple was already surrounded by gardens, that represented the unity of man’s work & nature of God. At the four corners of the garden were four buildings: a school, a hostel where travelling Bahá’ís were entertained, a small hospital, and a building for groundskeepers.

Baha’i law emphasizes that the Temples & Gardens must be open to all the public, regardless religion, or any other distinction, where spiritual texts of ANY religion may be read in any language.

Although, the texts must be read in silence, no sermons may be delivered, no ritualistic ceremonies practiced, no musical instruments, no songs may be played inside the Temple & Gardens.

Within the Temples there are no pulpits or altars incorporated, & the seats in the auditorium face the Temple in Haifa, where, according to Baha’i sources, the body remains of Bab were places.
Thus, it is a special place of a special religion, definitely worth to visit & to admire the gardens, the Temple & the idea of peaceful existence in general.

TRANSPORTATION

You can easily come here by train or by bus from Tel-Aviv, the trip will last about 2 hours each.

The enterence to Baha’i gardens are free of charge, but the hours of visit vary according to Garden work, so it’s always better to check them on their website.


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Really very beautiful and lovely place, photo is best of best :+1::gift_heart::gift_heart::gift_heart::gift_heart:

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Linda fotos, pero lo que mas me gusto fue conocer la historia del origen de esta religión, no conocía su existencias @uavalentine , conceptualmente lo que predica es muy loable, gracias por compartir.

Saludos Farid

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@uavalentine amazing place! Thank you.! :slight_smile:

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Thank youuuuu for your feedback, @IvanBokhan , @FaridTDF , @Syedmurad !!!

The place is really special, with the nice atmosphere and you are asked to be absolutely quiet even in the gardens in order not to disturb the sounds of nature… Amazing as to my mind.

All all all the best,

Valentine

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Beautiful addition indeed@uavalentine,

Thank you for the post.

Best.

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@uavalentine wonderfull!.

In order to complete your trip and acquaintances with the Bahá’í Faith in Israel, you should also visit the Bahá’í Gardens in Acre.

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Wowwww, that is beauuuutiful @Avsha !

Yes, I hope to visit Acre asap too!

Thank youuuuuuuuu for the great pictures!!!

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@uavalentine the view and the history is amazing.

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Yes, it is a wonderful place to visit @O_Nate !!

Thahk youuuu for your feedback !!!

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Hi @uavalentine ,

Thank you for sharing these amazing photos of Baha’i Gardens in Haifa with us.

I was really lucky to have the opportunity to visit this magical place when I was a teenager, and I can still remember the amazing view and the spiritual gardens.

Dear @Avsha , thank you for the suggestion, however I would like to ask you to remove the photos that you have shared in your comment, because they are in violation with our Local Guides Program Rules. You might not know but it is not allowed to post images or any other content in the forum that infringes on anyone else’s legal rights, including copyright.

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@MoniV

It seem you have had a lot of fun when you were in Israel.

Thank you for referring me to the guidelines and drawing my attention to the fact that it is forbidden to bring pictures of others content even after giving credit.

The photos deleted.

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Hi @uavalentine , thank you for such nice shots, very colorful and nice view!

You made my memories looking at your post. I searched for one of my pictures, very very similar to yours ?.

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Hey @Avsha ,

I have had a lot of fun indeed. I studied in high school Alonei Yitzhak and I have so many beautiful memories from there.

Thank you for deleting the photos and keep on great posts.

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Hello dear @MoniV !

Great to hear that you studied in Israel so probably had a chance to visit other wonderful places too.

Big big hugs from Israel!!!

All the best,

Valentine

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Really @LuigiZ !!!

So maybe we visited it same year and same summer and I was one of the hundreds of tourists strolling around ))

When were you there?

All the best,

Valentine

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@uavalentine I’ve been at Haifa aprox 10 years go and I do remember it was July, so perhaps not same period … but this let me think at chances in life, we now met and speak via LG Connect but imagine if we would be there same time in the amount of tourists and making same pictures, funny but special :-p.

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Hey @uavalentine ,

I’ve visited a lot of places, but all my photos are not digital, otherwise I would share them with you.

I only wanted to say that I really miss Israel and it’s beautiful places and tastes.

Have a great week and enjoy life :slight_smile:

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They say, @MoniV , that memories are the best pictures for the soul… So you got the best without any cameras :wink:

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In this case we were in different time, but maybe the same month ))) cause I was there only a couple of years ago and plan to go again this year.

Have a great great summer, @LuigiZ !!!

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