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Shri Radha Krishna Mandir, Blauwgrond

Paramaribo (Blauwgrond), Suriname

Pending reviewDocumented history
Deities
Radha Krishna
Traditions
vaishnava
Worship status
active
Coordinates
5.8473, -55.128
Darshan hours
Varies by season and event; consult the local Sanatan Dharma community directly for the current schedule before visiting.
Best time to visit
Year-round; Diwali and Holi Phagwa are widely observed within Paramaribo's Hindustani community.
How to reach
On Narainastraat in the Blauwgrond ressort of Paramaribo-Noord, reachable by road/taxi from the city center.

Location

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In the Blauwgrond neighborhood of northern Paramaribo, the Shri Radha Krishna Mandir has stood on Narainastraat since 1991, described in local sources as a colorful example of the Sanatan Dharma mandir style common among Suriname’s Hindustani community — descendants of Indian indentured laborers brought to the Dutch colony beginning in 1873. As with many Sanatan Dharma temples in Suriname, it most likely serves as both a place of daily worship and a venue for community festivals such as Diwali and Holi Phagwa, though a fuller institutional history (founders, architects, complete deity roster) was not available in the source consulted this pass.

The temple’s name is shared with at least one other Radha Krishna Mandir listed elsewhere in Paramaribo, and it has not been confirmed whether these refer to the same building under two different addresses or two separate temples serving different parts of the city — a detail that should be resolved before treating this entry as fully settled.

Sources

  • historical record: Sourced from Dutch Wikipedia's 'Blauwgrond' article (a Paramaribo neighborhood/ressort), which states the Shri Radha Krishna Mandir ('een veelkleurige Sanatan Dharma tempel,' a colorful Sanatan Dharma temple) stands on Narainastraat and opened in 1991. This is the only source located this pass; it could not be independently cross-checked against a second source. Wikipedia's separate 'Hinduism in Suriname' article lists a differently-addressed 'Radha Krishna Mandir, Commissaris Roblesweg 1299' with no further detail, and it is not confirmed whether that is the same institution or a distinct temple sharing a common name.
  • historical record: Coordinates added this pass via OpenStreetMap/Nominatim geocoding of Narainastraat itself in the Blauwgrond neighborhood (approximately 5.8473, -55.1280); this is street-level, not building-exact. Notably, when the Commissaris Roblesweg address from the 'Hinduism in Suriname' article was separately geocoded, OpenStreetMap also placed a 'Shri Radha Krishna Mandir' POI there within the Blauwgrond neighborhood, only about 250m from this Narainastraat location — which keeps open, without resolving, the possibility that both addresses describe the same building or a very close pair of buildings; this was not treated as confirmation either way.

For review

  • Sourced from a single Dutch-language Wikipedia neighborhood article giving only a brief, one-sentence description (opened 1991, on Narainastraat in Blauwgrond); not independently cross-checked against a second narrative source. It remains unclear whether this is the same 'Radha Krishna Mandir' listed at a different address (Commissaris Roblesweg 1299) in Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Suriname' article, or a separate temple of the same common name — OpenStreetMap places both addresses within roughly 250m of each other in Blauwgrond, which is suggestive but not conclusive either way. Founders, full roster of deities beyond the temple's namesakes, and architectural details are unconfirmed.