Shree Lakshminarayan Mandir

Lenasia, Johannesburg, South Africa

VerifiedDocumented history

Deities

Lakshmi Narayan (Vishnu)

Traditions

vaishnava

Worship status

active

Darshan hours

Daily aartis reported at approximately 6:30 AM and 6:30 PM by the temple's own website; confirm current timings with the temple before visiting.

Best time to visit

Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti (Mar/Apr) are among the temple's notable annual events, alongside regular weekly Vedic-study and Gita classes.

How to reach

At 44-46 Kingfisher Street, Extension 1, Lenasia, a predominantly Indian-origin suburb of Johannesburg; reachable by road from central Johannesburg.

Festivals

Ram Navami (March/April), Hanuman Jayanti (March/April)

Location

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Serving Lenasia, a Johannesburg suburb established for Indian residents under apartheid-era group areas policy, this temple traces its founding to 1970, when — per the temple’s own history page — “the first flame of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society was lit,” credited to pioneers Bhikhabhai Ukabhai Master and Dayabhai Hari together with Rajnikantbhai Master. The temple building itself was officially opened on 25 December 1972 by Swami Venkatesanandji, with Shivram Maharaj performing the Murthi Sthapana (consecration) using murtis crafted in Jaipur, India; Jinabhai Parekh served as the temple’s first chairman.

Dedicated primarily to Lakshmi Narayan (Vishnu with Lakshmi), with subsidiary worship of Hanuman and Ram, the temple today runs daily aarti, weekly Vedic-chanting and Bhagavad Gita study classes, a Sunday children’s school, and a large online library of Hindu philosophy texts, alongside observance of major festivals such as Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti.

Sources

historical record: Fetched directly from the temple's own website (lakshminarayanlenasia.com): confirms the '44-46 Kingfisher Street, Ext 1, Lenasia, Johannesburg, Gauteng' address, worship of Lakshmi Narayan alongside Hanuman and Ram, a resident priest (Shree Jaydevbhai Shukla, phone 011 854 6372), and regular daily aarti and weekly study programs.
historical record: Re-verified on a later pass directly against the temple's own /history page (lakshminarayanlenasia.com/history), which supersedes the earlier '50th Anniversary ~2026' inference with an explicit founding narrative: 'The first flame of the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society was lit in the year 1970,' credited to pioneers Bhikhabhai Ukabhai Master and Dayabhai Hari, with Rajnikantbhai Master in an organizational role; the temple was 'officially opened on the 25th December 1972 by Swami Venkatesanandji'; Shivram Maharaj performed the Murthi Sthapana (consecration) and was instrumental in its development; the murtis were made in Jaipur, India; and Jinabhai Parekh served as the temple's first chairman (with Anilbhai Vallabh named as a more recent chairman). The temple operates under the umbrella name 'Ramakrishna Vedanta Society.'

For review

The earlier inference of a circa-1976 founding (from '50th Anniversary' promotional material relative to 2026) has been superseded and corrected by this temple's own /history page, which gives explicit dates: 1970 for the founding Ramakrishna Vedanta Society and 25 December 1972 for the temple's official opening. No coordinates for the exact Kingfisher Street address were found this pass.