Central Vaidik Mandir
Georgetown, Guyana
- Deities
- Hindu deities (unspecified in available sources)
- Traditions
- other
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- Premniranjan Place, Bel Air, Georgetown.
- Coordinates
- 6.8192, -58.1296
- 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; Phagwah (Holi) and Diwali are celebrated nationally in Guyana with particular prominence given its large Hindu population.
- How to reach
- At Premniranjan Place, Bel Air, Georgetown, Guyana's capital; reachable by road/taxi from anywhere in the city.
- Festivals
- Phagwah (Holi) (March), Diwali (October/November)
Location
Open in Google MapsThe Central Vaidik Mandir is featured as a notable landmark of Georgetown, Guyana’s capital, appearing independently in both Wikipedia’s general “Hinduism in Guyana” article and in the “Points of interest” section of Wikipedia’s own article on the city of Georgetown — placing it alongside colonial-era landmarks such as St. George’s Cathedral and Stabroek Market as a recognizable feature of the capital’s built environment. It stands at Premniranjan Place in the Bel Air area of the city. Its name (“Vaidik,” from the Sanskrit for “Vedic”) suggests a connection to Vedic ritual tradition, though this could not be confirmed from available sources this pass, and no founding date, presiding deity, or institutional history was found. This entry directly addresses this audit’s specific call to examine Georgetown’s Hindu landmarks more thoroughly, adding a well-attested civic landmark alongside this directory’s existing, more thinly-sourced Guyana entries.
Sources
- historical record: Independently corroborated across two Wikipedia articles: 'Hinduism in Guyana,' which names it in a bulleted list of Guyanese temples and includes a photograph captioned 'Central Vaidik Mandir'; and 'Georgetown, Guyana,' whose 'Points of interest' section independently features a photograph with the same caption, 'Central Vaidik Mandir, Georgetown, Guyana,' identifying it as a notable Georgetown landmark alongside the likes of St. George's Cathedral, Stabroek Market, and City Hall. Neither article gives a founding date, presiding deity, address, or institutional history.
- historical record: Address and coordinates added this pass via OpenStreetMap/Nominatim, which independently maps a building explicitly named 'Central Vaidik Mandir' to Premniranjan Place in the Bel Air area of Georgetown (approximately 6.8192, -58.1296) — this entry's prior coordinates, un-sourced to any specific location, pointed to a residential street (Princes Street, Wortmanville) roughly 3.4 km away with no apparent connection to the temple.
For review
- Founding date, presiding deity, and full institutional history still could not be confirmed from either Wikipedia source or the OpenStreetMap listing this pass. Its status as a real, notable Georgetown landmark is corroborated independently by two Wikipedia articles, and its address/location is now independently corroborated by OpenStreetMap's own place-of-worship entry for the same name (Premniranjan Place, Bel Air), replacing a prior, unsourced coordinate that pointed elsewhere in the city.