Sankatamochan Hanuman Mandir
Melbourne, Australia
- Deities
- Hanuman
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Not confirmed in the source consulted this pass; consult the temple's own management for the current schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; Hanuman Jayanti is likely the temple's principal annual festival given its dedication, though this is not independently confirmed.
- How to reach
- In greater Melbourne, Victoria; specific suburb/street address not confirmed in the source consulted this pass — consult the temple's own management for current directions.
Location
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Sankatamochan Hanuman Mandir is a Melbourne temple dedicated specifically to Hanuman — “Sankatamochan” (“remover of troubles”) being one of Hanuman’s principal epithets, reflecting his role in Vaishnava devotional tradition as a protector who removes obstacles and afflictions for his devotees. A standalone temple with Hanuman as its primary and namesake deity is comparatively rare among diaspora Hindu temples, which more commonly enshrine Hanuman as a subsidiary shrine within a larger multi-deity complex.
Beyond its name and city, verifiable details about this temple — its exact suburb, founding history, architectural style, and festival calendar — could not be confirmed in the single tertiary source located this pass, so this entry is recorded as pending further verification pending discovery of the temple’s own website or independent press coverage.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'List of Hindu temples outside India' article, whose Victoria/Australia section names 'Sankatamochan Hanuman Mandir, Melbourne' among Melbourne's Hindu temples, distinct from the already-documented BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Shiva Vishnu Temple (Carrum Downs), and Sydney/Melbourne Durga temples. No inline citation or further detail (address, founding date) accompanies the listing on that page, and no independent official temple website or news coverage could be located this pass to corroborate it further.
For review
- Sourced only from a bare listing (name and city, no address or founding date) in Wikipedia's curated 'List of Hindu temples outside India' article; no independent official website, news coverage, or second source could be located this pass to confirm the temple's exact suburb, founding history, or current operating status. Included because a standalone temple dedicated specifically to Hanuman is a genuine rarity in this directory's Oceania coverage and the Wikipedia list itself is a real, curated tertiary source, but this entry should be treated as needing further verification before its details are relied upon.