Band 6: Describe an unusual but Interesting building you visited (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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There are various sorts of different kinds of buildings that have been constructed nowadays. We can say there are different types of houses, shopping malls, and buildings, etc. But I am going to talk about the Lotus Temple, which is located in Delhi. One of my friends who recently went on vacation in Delhi was traveling with his family. Later on, when we met, he told me about the benefits of visiting the temple. Now I am keen to visit as soon as I get a vacation after my graduation. He told me that it is a Lotus Temple named after a flower, the lotus, and constructed in the same manner as the lotus looks. As for the flower, we know that it is a lotus flower, which is white in color. The temple is constructed with the help of white marble. I can also say that the mind and thoughts of the architect are great. Based on the description and the images I have seen, I personally haven't visited the place, but the images I found on the internet were so astonishing that the artist who used his thoughts to create such a unique design is commendable. As it is a temple, there should be some sort of god or priest present at the place for worship, as it is a temple. But it is totally different; at the place, there is a hall where any tourist or person visiting can go and experience the calmness and peace present there. It is a wonderful place. Now I am eager to visit as soon as possible. The architecture of the building is done in such a manner that it is different from any other structure, and it is very unique. No one can fully understand its beauty without experiencing it.

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There are various sort of different kind of buildings which has been constructed nowadays. We can say there are different sort of houses, shopping malls, buildings etc. But I am going to talk about this Lotus Temple which has been located in Delhi. One of my friend who recently went for a vacation in Delhi, he was eventually travelling with his family. Later on when we met, he told me about the benefits. Now I am keen to visit as soon as I get vacations after my completion of graduation. He told me that it is a Lotus Temple named on a flower which is a lotus and constructed in the same manner how lotus looks like. As the flower we can get to know that it is a lotus flower which is of white colour. So the temple is being constructed with the help of white marble. Also I can say the mind and thoughts of architecture are great. As per the description and the images I have visited, I personally haven’t visited the place. But the images I found on the internet were so astonishing that the artist which has used his thoughts for creating such a unique design. Eventually as it is a temple, there should be some sort of god or priest, something like that which should be present at the place which is worship as it is a temple. But it is totally different as the place such as Kaamnes, there is a hall where any tourist or any person visiting there would go and experience the Kaamnes and peace present there. It is a wonderful place. Now I am keen to go and visit the place as soon as possible. But the architecture which has made the building has used his thoughts in such a manner that the architecture done on the temple is different. From any other sort of thing and it is very unique. No one can get to know about it.

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