Sai Baba Temple (Mexico City)
Mexico City, Mexico
- Deities
- Sai Baba of Shirdi
- Traditions
- other
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Not documented in available sources; consult the Sangam Organization directly for current timings before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Sai Baba's birth anniversary (Rama Navami) and Guru Purnima are typically the major observances at Shirdi Sai Baba temples worldwide, though this was not independently confirmed for this specific temple.
- How to reach
- In Mexico City, Mexico; exact street address not documented in available sources — consult the Sangam Organization directly.
Location
Search for "Sai Baba Temple (Mexico City)" 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.
Wikipedia’s “Hinduism in Mexico” article records that a Sai Baba temple, alongside a separate, unnamed Vaishnav temple, was constructed in Mexico City by the Sangam Organization — evidently a Hindu community body distinct from the Indian Association of Querétaro, which this directory separately documents as the sponsor of Mexico’s first Ram Temple (the Sanatana Mandir) in Querétaro. This Mexico City temple is presumably dedicated to Sai Baba of Shirdi, the syncretic Maharashtrian saint venerated across Hindu (and some Muslim) devotional traditions in India and its diaspora as a manifestation of divine grace transcending sectarian lines.
Mexico City, as the country’s capital and largest metropolis, plausibly hosts a broader and more organizationally diverse Hindu presence than the smaller, single-temple diaspora community documented in Querétaro, consistent with the source’s further note that “there are several centers from some other worshipers as well” in the capital. However, no address, founding date, founders, or further institutional history could be confirmed for this specific temple in this pass, and this entry should be treated as provisional pending fuller sourcing.
Sources
- historical record: Sourced from Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Mexico' article, which states: 'A Sai Baba temple and a Vaishnav temple have been constructed in Mexico City by the Sangam Organization,' and separately notes 'There are several centers from some other worshipers as well.' No address, founding date, or further institutional detail is given for either temple. This is a distinct institution from the separately documented Sanatana Mandir (Mexico's first Ram Temple) in Querétaro, which this directory's existing Mexico entry attributes to the Indian Association of Querétaro rather than the Sangam Organization.
For review
- Sourced from a single brief mention in Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Mexico' article, which names the temple and its builder (the Sangam Organization) but gives no address, founding date, founders, or further detail; a companion 'Vaishnav temple' in Mexico City, also built by the Sangam Organization per the same source, was not made into a separate entry in this pass given its lack of any proper name beyond the generic descriptor 'a Vaishnav temple' — it is mentioned here for context but not independently documented. Neither temple's relationship (if any) to the Querétaro Sanatana Mandir or its Indian Association of Querétaro sponsors is confirmed; they appear to be unrelated institutions.