Panama Hindu Temple (Templo Hindu de Tumba Muerto)
Tumba Muerto, Panama City, Panama
- Deities
- Hindu deities (unspecified in available sources)
- Traditions
- other
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Not documented in available sources; consult the Hindustani Society of Panama directly for current timings before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Diwali and other major pan-Hindu festivals are notable occasions for Panama's Hindu community.
- How to reach
- On a hilltop in the Tumba Muerto area of Panama City, Panama.
Location
Search for "Panama Hindu Temple (Templo Hindu de Tumba Muerto)" 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.
Standing on a hilltop in the Tumba Muerto district of Panama City, the Panama Hindu Temple — operated by the Hindustani Society of Panama and also known locally as the Templo Hindu de Tumba Muerto — is described by Wikipedia as one of only two Hindu temples in the entire country. This entry represents this directory’s first confirmed temple in Panama, home to a small Hindu community of South Asian descent. Sourcing for this specific site is thinner than ideal — Wikipedia’s own citation is a personal travel blog post rather than an institutional or press account — so its founding history, founders, and presiding deity remain unconfirmed and should be treated as provisional pending fuller verification. Wikipedia separately names a “Krishna Radha Temple Society” among Panama’s Hindu associations, a plausible but unconfirmed candidate for the country’s unnamed second temple.
Sources
- historical record: Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Panama' article states: 'Panama Hindu Temple is one of only two Hindu Temples in Panama, and stands on top of a hill in Tumba Muerto,' and separately names the 'Hindustani Society of Panama (Templo Hindu de Tumba Muerto)' among the country's main Hindu associations, indicating the temple is operated by that Society. The article's citation for the temple itself is a blog post, 'A Visit to a Hindu Temple in Panama – Lingua Franca' (epiac1216.wordpress.com, retrieved 2018-09-21); no independent second source was found this pass.
- historical record: Re-checked this pass: the same Wikipedia article's 'Hindu Associations and Organisations' section also names a 'Krishna Radha Temple Society' alongside the Hindustani Society of Panama and the Panamanian Hindu Civic Association as one of the country's main Hindu associations, raising the possibility that it operates the unnamed 'second' Hindu temple Wikipedia alludes to — but this is speculative and not confirmed by any source found, so the second temple remains unidentified.
For review
- The only citation found for this specific temple is a personal travel blog post referenced by Wikipedia, not independently cross-checked against a second, more authoritative source this pass. Founding date, founders, and presiding deity could not be confirmed. Wikipedia describes it as 'one of only two Hindu Temples in Panama' but does not name the second; a 'Krishna Radha Temple Society' is separately named among Panama's Hindu associations and is a plausible but unconfirmed candidate for operating that second temple.