BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Rotorua
Rotorua, New Zealand
- Deities
- Swaminarayan
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- Holland Street, Glenholme, Rotorua 3010.
- Coordinates
- -38.1498, 176.2533
- Darshan hours
- Varies by temple and season; consult the temple's own trust/management for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Diwali/Annakut is the busiest time at BAPS mandirs generally.
- How to reach
- On Holland Street in the Glenholme suburb of Rotorua, New Zealand's central North Island, reachable by car.
- Festivals
- Diwali/Annakut (October/November)
Location
Open in Google MapsOpened in 2012, the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Rotorua was, per available sources, the city’s first Hindu temple and remains described as the only Hindu temple serving New Zealand’s central North Island region. It stands on Holland Street in the city’s Glenholme suburb. Like the country’s other BAPS mandirs in Auckland, the Wellington area, Hamilton, and Christchurch, it follows the Swaminarayan Sampraday within the Vaishnava tradition, centering worship on Bhagwan Swaminarayan under the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha organization.
The temple extends BAPS’s New Zealand network beyond the country’s largest cities, serving the smaller Gujarati and wider Hindu community in and around Rotorua with regular worship and festival observances such as Diwali and Annakut. Its precise address and consecration ceremony are not confirmed in the source consulted this pass, so key details beyond the 2012 opening remain to be verified.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in New Zealand' article, which states: 'The BAPS Sri Swaminarayan Temple, Rotorua's first Hindu Temple, opened in 2012,' and describes it as 'the only Hindu Temple in the central north island.' The same article lists it among New Zealand's BAPS mandirs (alongside Auckland, Wellington/Lower Hutt, Hamilton, and Christchurch). No dedicated Wikipedia article or independently reachable temple/BAPS-network page could be confirmed this pass for consecration ceremony details.
- historical record: Address and coordinates added this pass via OpenStreetMap/Nominatim, which geocodes a place of worship named 'BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir' to Holland Street, Glenholme, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand (approximately -38.1498, 176.2533).
For review
- Sourced from a brief mention in Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in New Zealand' article confirming the 2012 opening and its status as Rotorua's first Hindu temple and the only one in the central North Island, plus an OpenStreetMap geocode for its street address this pass; the exact consecration/Mahapuja date and ceremony details could not be independently confirmed.