ISKCON of DC
Potomac, Maryland, USA
VerifiedDocumented history
- Deities
- Radha Krishna
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- 10310 Oaklyn Dr, Potomac, MD 20854.
- Coordinates
- 39.0023, -77.2142
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; the temple holds a Sunday program (kirtan, talk, discussion group, and vegetarian lunch) — consult the temple's own website for current daily darshan times.
- Best time to visit
- Sunday program, or major festivals such as Janmashtami.
- How to reach
- At 10310 Oaklyn Drive in Potomac, Montgomery County, Maryland; reachable by car from Washington, D.C.
- Festivals
- Janmashtami (August/September), Sunday program (weekly) (every Sunday)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
Open in Google MapsISKCON of DC operates a Hare Krishna temple in Potomac, Maryland, in the Washington metropolitan area, distinct from the region’s other (non-ISKCON) Hindu temples. Wikipedia’s main article on ISKCON carries a photograph captioned “ISKCON, Potomac, Maryland, US (1974),” suggesting an organized ISKCON community in this area since at least the mid-1970s, in the movement’s early expansion across the United States. The temple today runs a weekly Sunday program of kirtan, a talk, discussion group, and a vegetarian lunch open to the public, along with a food court (Govinda’s) on site.
Sources
- historical record: Checked against the temple's own official website (iskconofdc.org), which gives its address (10310 Oaklyn Dr, Potomac, MD) and Sunday program schedule. Address and name independently corroborated via OpenStreetMap, which tags the location 'International Society for Krishna Consciousness of DC.' Wikipedia's main ISKCON article separately carries a photo captioned 'ISKCON, Potomac, Maryland, US (1974),' indicating an organized ISKCON presence in Potomac by that year, though this entry cannot confirm the 1974 photo depicts this same present-day address.
For review
- This entry is distinct from the already-listed Sri Siva Vishnu Temple and Murugan Temple of North America, both in Lanham, Maryland — those are separate, non-ISKCON temples. A precise founding year specifically for the current Oaklyn Drive site was not confirmed in this research pass; the 1974 Wikipedia photo caption for 'ISKCON, Potomac, Maryland' suggests an early presence in the area but was not confirmed to refer to this exact address.