ISKCON Boston (New Gundica)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
VerifiedDocumented history
- Deities
- Radha Gopivallabha, Gaura Nitai, Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- 72 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02116, in the Back Bay neighborhood.
- Coordinates
- 42.3523, -71.075
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; consult the temple's own website for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- The Boston Festival of Chariots (Ratha Yatra), or Janmashtami.
- How to reach
- At 72 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Back Bay; reachable by MBTA (Boston's subway/transit system).
- Festivals
- Ratha Yatra (Boston Festival of Chariots) (varies), Janmashtami (August/September), Gaura Purnima (March)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
Open in Google MapsISKCON Boston, also known within the movement as New Gundica, occupies a Back Bay brownstone at 72 Commonwealth Avenue. The temple worships multiple deity altars — Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, Sri Sri Radha Gopivallabha, and Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra — and runs a broad community program including free weekend yoga classes, food distribution, a Sunday School, and a children’s reading club, alongside the standard Gaudiya Vaishnava festival calendar such as Janmashtami, Gaura Purnima, and the Boston Festival of Chariots (Ratha Yatra).
Sources
- historical record: Checked against the temple's own official website (iskconboston.org), which gives its address, deities (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai; Sri Sri Radha Gopivallabha; Jagannath, Baladeva and Subhadra), and festival calendar (Janmashtami, Gaura Purnima, Nityananda Trayodasi, Radhastami, Balarama Jayanti, and the Boston Festival of Chariots). Address independently confirmed via OpenStreetMap geocoding of Back Bay, Boston.
For review
- A precise founding year for ISKCON Boston was not confirmed from its official website in this research pass; only its current operations, address, and deity roster are documented here.