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Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple

Carrum Downs, Melbourne, Australia

Pending reviewDocumented history
Deities
Shiva, Vishnu
Traditions
shaiva, vaishnava
Worship status
active
Address
57 Boundary Road, Carrum Downs, VIC 3201.
Coordinates
-38.0833, 145.1773
Darshan hours
Varies by temple and season; consult the temple's own trust/management for the current daily schedule before visiting.
Best time to visit
Year-round; Maha Shivaratri and major Vaishnava/Shaiva festivals are observed per the Hindu lunar calendar.
How to reach
At 57 Boundary Road, Carrum Downs, in Melbourne's southeastern suburbs, reachable by car; served by local bus routes from Carrum Downs/Frankston.
Festivals
Maha Shivaratri (February/March), Diwali (October/November)

Location

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One of the largest Hindu temples in Australia (the largest in Victoria), jointly dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu to serve Melbourne’s broad and growing Hindu community regardless of sectarian affiliation. Consecrated in the 1990s and expanded since, it reflects a common pattern among diaspora temples outside India of combining traditions under one roof for a smaller, more dispersed devotee population; it is also known for drawing non-Indian Australians who come to learn Vedic Hindu scriptures.

Sources

  • historical record: Temple establishment and community role are documented in Australian Hindu community/heritage records.
  • historical record: Cross-checked during verification pass against Wikipedia (the 'Hinduism in Australia,' 'Frankston, Victoria,' and 'Tamil diaspora' articles, plus the temple's own site): confirmed as the largest Hindu temple in Victoria, jointly dedicated to Shiva and Vishnu, in Carrum Downs, and drawing visitors beyond the Hindu community for Vedic/Tamil scripture study. No dedicated Wikipedia article exists for the temple, so its precise founding/consecration year could not be independently confirmed this pass.
  • historical record: Address and coordinates cross-checked this pass against OpenStreetMap/Nominatim, which independently geocodes a place of worship named 'Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple' to 57 Boundary Road, Carrum Downs VIC 3201 at approximately -38.0833, 145.1773 — roughly 3 km from this entry's prior, less precise coordinates.

For review

  • The specific consecration decade ('1990s') could not be independently confirmed from an authoritative source this pass — no dedicated encyclopedia article on the temple exists; general facts (location in Carrum Downs, joint Shiva-Vishnu dedication, status as Victoria's largest Hindu temple) were confirmed via Wikipedia's Hinduism in Australia, Frankston, and Tamil diaspora articles. Address and coordinates were newly added/corrected this pass via OpenStreetMap geocoding.