ISKCON Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
VerifiedDocumented history
- Deities
- Kishora Kishori
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- 1716 W Lunt Ave, Chicago, IL 60626, in the Rogers Park neighborhood.
- Coordinates
- 42.0094, -87.6731
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; the temple publishes a daily schedule on its own website, which should be consulted before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Sunday Feast, or the temple's Monthly Sankirtan Festival.
- How to reach
- At 1716 W Lunt Avenue in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood; reachable by CTA.
- Festivals
- Sunday Feast (weekly) (every Sunday), Janmashtami (August/September)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
Open in Google MapsISKCON Chicago was incorporated in Illinois in 1974 and, per Wikipedia’s list of U.S. Hindu temples, moved from an earlier Evanston location to its present Rogers Park address in 1980. The temple, home to the presiding deities Sri Sri Kishora Kishori, holds a regular Sunday Feast program and a Monthly Sankirtan Festival, situating it among the several hundred ISKCON centers worldwide founded in the movement’s first decade after Prabhupada’s arrival in the United States.
Sources
- historical record: Checked against the temple's own official website (iskconchicago.com), which states the Rogers Park center 'was incorporated in Illinois in 1974' and names its presiding deities Sri Sri Kishora Kishori. Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'List of Hindu temples in the United States' article, whose entry for ISKCON Chicago notes it 'Moved from Evanston to current location in 1980.' Address independently confirmed via OpenStreetMap, which tags the location 'International Krishna Consciousness' at 1716 W Lunt Ave.