India has been associated with the Bahá’í Faith right from its inception in 1844. Today, a large number of Baha'is representing the great diversity of the Indian nation live in different parts of India in over 10,000 localities. Bahá’u’lláh, the Prophet Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, spoke of religion as the most potent force for civilizing human character and for the establishment of order, peace and justice in society. The Bahai Faith aims at creating a new race of men free from all forms of prejudice and man-made limitations. Towards this end, the Baha'is of India are actively engaged in a process of individual and social transformation involving men, women, children and youth of the larger society in a collective learning enterprise. The guidance and resources for all these activities are channeled through local, regional and national governing councils. There are seventeen regional and about 600 local councils functioning harmoniously in a spirit of non-adversarial consultation under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India, which is the apex body looking after the affairs of the Indian Baha'i community. Through these efforts and in collaboration with a number of like minded organisations, the Baha'is are learning to address the challenges of caste and class prejudice, gender inequality, communal disharmony, lack of education, violence, poverty, corruption and moral degradation, in order to generate communities that are governed by the principles of love, justice, equality and rectitude of conduct.

The Baha'i House of Worship, better known as the Lotus Temple in New Delhi is a monument dedicated to the unity of God, unity of all religions and unity of humankind. It stands as yet another testimony of the efforts of the Baha'is of India towards the promotion of unity in diversity. It attracts to its portals more than 4 million visitors of diverse religious backgrounds and nationalities every year. Under its dome people from all walks of life come to pray together from various Holy scriptures in supplication to the one Creator of all humanity.

The Baha'i Writings state that at the core of religion is that "mystic feeling which unites man with God." The Baha'i Communities hold regular devotional meetings, conduct classes for the spiritual education of children and the empowerment of adolescents and youth. In addition, there are particpatory group study for adults reflecting on the life of the spirit and on arising to serve for the betterment of society. The Baha'i inspired schools and other socio-economic development institutions in India have been recognised world wide for their contribution to value based universal education, upliftment of women and community development as  initiatives by the Baha'is of India.