ISKCON Calgary (Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Deities
- Radha Madhava, Srinathji, Gaura Nitai
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Varies by day and event; the temple's own site lists a weekly Sunday Feast (arati, Bhagavad Gita class, and community meal) beginning around 4:00pm, alongside morning Mangla Arati and periodic Ekadashi kirtan and monthly 6-hour kirtan programs, but no comprehensive daily darshan schedule was found — consult the temple directly (info@iskconcalgary.com) for current timings before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Janmashtami is generally the largest annual festival at ISKCON centers worldwide.
- How to reach
- At 313 4th Street NE, Calgary, Alberta, reachable by car or Calgary Transit.
- Festivals
- Janmashtami (August/September)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
Search for "ISKCON Calgary (Sri Sri Radha Madhava Mandir)" on Google MapsThis temple's exact coordinates aren't confirmed yet, so the link above searches by name and city rather than pointing to a verified spot.
ISKCON Calgary is operated by the Radha Madhav Cultural Association (RMCA) at 313 4th Street NE in Calgary, Alberta, and forms part of the worldwide network of temples founded under the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), established by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in New York in 1966. Like other ISKCON centers, it belongs to the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition and centers its worship on regular arati, kirtan, and scriptural teaching. The RMCA’s own website states the Calgary center was “founded in the late 1980s,” making it, if confirmed, one of the older ISKCON communities in Western Canada, though no more precise year has been located.
The temple’s altar enshrines Sri Sri Radha Madhava alongside Srinathji and Gaura Nitai, receiving daily worship and garland offerings from the community. Beyond daily worship, RMCA runs Food for Life and community-kitchen meal programs, supports newcomer settlement, and operates the Calgary Vedic Academy for youth education; it is currently fundraising to build a larger dedicated temple complex (“Radha Madhav Dham”) at a separate site in northeast Calgary, though the existing 313 4th Street NE location remains the active temple at time of writing.
Sources
- historical record: Confirmed via the temple's own website (iskconcalgary.ca / www.iskconcalgary.ca), operated by the Radha Madhav Cultural Association (RMCA): gives the address as 313 4th Street NE, Calgary, and lists Sri Sri Radha Madhav, Srinathji, and Gaura Nitai as the deities receiving daily worship. Its existence is corroborated by Wikipedia's 'List of Hindu temples in Canada,' which lists 'ISKCON Calgary Temple (Sri Sri Radha Madhava)' among Calgary's Hindu temples; that article gives no further narrative detail. On a later re-check, the RMCA's own 'Founder/RMCA' page (distinct from its general 'Founder/About' page on ISKCON's global history) was located and states: 'Founded in the late 1980s, ISKCON Calgary has been a vibrant spiritual and cultural cornerstone in Calgary for over three decades.' This same page also describes an active fundraising effort for a new temple building ('Radha Madhav Dham') at a separate site (10717R 84 St NE, Calgary), not yet completed, so the current temple remains at 313 4th Street NE.
- historical record: Re-checked the live iskconcalgary.ca this pass: still gives no specific founding year, but lists a weekly Sunday Feast beginning around 4:00pm, morning Mangla Arati, twice-monthly online Ekadashi Kirtan, and a monthly 6-hour kirtan program (12:00pm-5:20pm plus class and evening arati) as its regular recurring programs.
For review
- The RMCA's own website now gives a founding decade ('late 1980s') for ISKCON Calgary, resolving the prior gap, but this is still only an approximate decade rather than a specific year, and comes from the temple's own promotional page rather than an independent secondary source. Note also that RMCA is actively fundraising for a new temple building at a different address (10717R 84 St NE) which is not yet built; the current, active temple remains at 313 4th Street NE.