Hare Krishna Temple, Geneva (ISKCON)
Geneva, Switzerland
- Deities
- Radha Krishna (standard ISKCON altar practice; not independently confirmed for this specific centre)
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Not documented in available sources; consult ISKCON Switzerland directly for the current schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Janmashtami and other major Gaudiya Vaishnava festivals, consistent with other ISKCON centres; confirm the current calendar with the centre.
- How to reach
- No precise address documented in available sources; located in Geneva, Switzerland. Contact ISKCON Switzerland (via its Zurich centre) for current location details.
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
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Geneva hosts a Hare Krishna (ISKCON) temple or centre, corroborated independently of Wikipedia’s own listing by a feature article from Swiss public broadcaster SRF, which states that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness maintains centres in Switzerland “including in Zurich and Geneva, where religious practices and gatherings take place.” Wikipedia’s own “Hinduism in Switzerland” article separately lists a “Hare Krishna Temple - Geneva” among the country’s 22 documented Hindu temples as of 2016, alongside the better-documented Zurich temple (established 1980 and already covered elsewhere in this directory).
Beyond confirming its existence and ongoing activity, no source located in this research pass gives Geneva’s temple an address, founding date, named founder, or its own official website, and it is not clear whether it operates as a standalone temple building or a smaller devotee centre. This entry is therefore recorded with confirmed current activity but otherwise thin documentation, pending fuller sourcing directly from ISKCON Switzerland.
Sources
- historical record: Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Switzerland' article lists 'Hare Krishna Temple - Geneva' among 'There are 22 temples in Switzerland, as of 2016,' citing a single reference shared with its Zurich temple entry. That shared reference, a feature article by Swiss public broadcaster SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen) on the Zurich temple's president, states in its background context: 'Die International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) hat in der Schweiz einige Zentren, darunter in Zuerich und Genf, wo religioese Praktiken und Versammlungen stattfinden' (ISKCON has several centres in Switzerland, including in Zurich and Geneva, where religious practices and gatherings take place). A second source cited on the Zurich entry, kath.ch's 'Hinduismus hautnah,' was checked and does not mention Geneva at all, confirming the Geneva claim rests on the SRF article alone. No official Geneva ISKCON website, address, or founding date could be located; domain guesses (iskcongeneva.ch, iskcon-geneve.ch, iskcongeneva.org) failed to resolve, and a Swiss business-directory search for 'Hare Krishna' in Geneva returned only an unrelated personal name, not a temple listing.
For review
- Existence is corroborated by an independent Swiss public-broadcaster source (SRF) and by Wikipedia's own Switzerland temple list, clearing the bar for inclusion, but this remains a thinly-documented entry: no address, founding date, founder, specific deity names, or official website could be confirmed. Present here as 'existence and current activity confirmed, operational details undocumented' rather than a fully fleshed-out entry.