On Showing Respect: Shoes Off at the Lotus Temple, Hats Off to Temple Photographers

How many of us take our shoes off when entering someone's home? I know it is cultural. My friend Polin from Cambodia does it everytimes he comes to our home. I do it everytime I go to the home of one of the Persian friends. Taking off one's shoes is a way of showing respect. -gw

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[right] "Baha'i Temple India, 2007-Dec-25 (9) -

An underground room contains the deposit area for footwear. Visitors are discouraged from entering the temple in shoes and sandals."

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[below] Baha'i Temple India, 2007-Dec-25 (2)

Both photos uploaded on December 30, 2007 by paulancheta on Flickr, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 Generic

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Each day when I sit down to add a post or two to Baha'i Views, I go through a routine that includes checking Flickr for the most recent pictures tagged "Baha'i." With my search today I was greeted with the following statistic. -gw

We found 17,222 results for photos matching Baha'i

Among the most recent offerings are these from dear Paul Ancheta and two other photographers. Hats off to the temple photographers! -gw

Bahá'í Temple India 2007-Dec-25

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8 results for Taekwonweirdo's photos matching "Baha'i" and "House" and "of" and "Worship"

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