The Bahá’í Faith

h said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification. The Bahá’í community now has more than five million members from over 2000 ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Bahá’í communities are established in more than 230 countries and dependent territories, with elected national administrative institutions in 182 countries. The first Local Spiritual Assembly was established in the capital city Kathmandu in 1961. Since then the Faith has gradually spread to new regions within Nepal and people of diverse backgrounds continue to embrace Bahá’u'lláh’s message. At present 58 Local Spiritual Assemblies are established and there are an estimated 11,000 Bahá’ís in Nepal.