Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari Temple (ISKCON Auckland)
Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand
Also known as: New Varshana
- Deities
- Radha, Krishna (Giridhari)
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- 1229 Coatesville-Riverhead Highway, Kumeu, Auckland 0892.
- Coordinates
- -36.7719, 174.5884
- Darshan hours
- Daily, 4:30am-9:15pm, with a regular Sunday chanting and prasadam program.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Sundays for the weekly chanting/prasadam program, or Janmashtami for the temple's major annual festival.
- How to reach
- At 1229 Coatesville-Riverhead Highway, Kumeu, in Auckland's rural northwest, reachable by car; phone +64 9 412 8075.
Location
Open in Google MapsAlso known by its property name “New Varshana,” ISKCON Auckland’s Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari Temple occupies a roughly 100-acre rural campus at Kumeu, northwest of central Auckland, and forms part of the worldwide International Society for Krishna Consciousness network. Its presiding deities, Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari, depict Krishna as “Giridhari” — the lifter of Govardhan Hill, a central episode from the Bhagavata Purana in which Krishna shelters the cowherd community of Vraja from Indra’s wrath — paired with his eternal consort Radha, reflecting the Gaudiya Vaishnava devotional tradition ISKCON carries forward.
Open to the public free of charge year-round from 4:30am to 9:15pm daily, the campus functions as far more than a place of worship: it maintains a goshala (cow protection sanctuary) consistent with Krishna-conscious agricultural values, and runs a dedicated Hare Krishna School educating children aged 5 to 13. A regular Sunday program combining congregational chanting (kirtan) with a free vegetarian prasadam meal serves as the community’s central weekly gathering point.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked directly against the temple's own official website (harekrishna.org.nz), which confirms the address as 1229 Coatesville-Riverhead Highway, Kumeu, Auckland 0892; the temple name as Sri Sri Radha-Giridhari (a form of Krishna as lifter of Govardhan Hill, paired with Radha); free public access year-round; and a roughly 100-acre campus including a goshala (cow sanctuary), a Hare Krishna School for children aged 5-13, and a regular Sunday chanting and prasadam program. Operating hours confirmed as 4:30am-9:15pm daily.
- historical record: Coordinates added this pass via OpenStreetMap/Nominatim, geocoding 1229 Coatesville-Riverhead Highway, Kumeū, Auckland 0892 to approximately -36.7719, 174.5884, an exact street-number match to the address already on file. Re-fetched the temple's own site this pass looking specifically for founding/establishment date information; none was found, so the review flag below stands.
For review
- The official site did not state a founding/establishment date for the temple or campus, which remains unconfirmed this pass.