ISKCON Temple (Curitiba)
Curitiba, Paraná state, Brazil
- Deities
- Radha Krishna
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season and event; consult the local ISKCON temple directly for the current schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Janmashtami is generally the largest annual festival at ISKCON centers worldwide.
- How to reach
- In Curitiba, the capital of Paraná state in southern Brazil.
- Festivals
- Janmashtami (August/September)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
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Curitiba’s ISKCON temple is documented in available sources chiefly through a single reported incident: in October 2018, unknown vandals defaced a painting of Krishna with his mother Yashoda on the temple’s entrance gate, an act publicized at the time as targeting a religious minority. Beyond confirming that an active ISKCON temple exists in Curitiba, the capital of Paraná state in southern Brazil, no founding date, founder, or further institutional history could be verified this pass.
Like other ISKCON communities, it belongs to the worldwide Gaudiya Vaishnava movement founded by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1966, and Curitiba is also a stop on Brazil’s national circuit of ISKCON-organized Ratha-Yatra festival processions.
Sources
- historical record: Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Brazil' article documents this temple only in the context of a reported vandalism incident: 'In 2018, the entrance gate of ISKCON Temple situated in Curitiba, Brazil was targeted by unknown perpetrators. The painting of Krishna with his mother Yashoda was defaced,' citing a source dated 24 October 2018. No official temple name beyond 'ISKCON Temple,' founding year, founder, or address was found.
For review
- The temple's only documentation found this pass is a brief mention of an October 2018 vandalism incident (defacement of an entrance-gate painting of Krishna and Yashoda); no official name, founding year, founder, address, or further institutional history was located. Existence in Curitiba is the only firmly confirmed fact.