Sri Nilacala Dhama (ISKCON Jakarta)
Jakarta, Indonesia
- Deities
- Radha Krishna, Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra, Gaura Nitai
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- Jl. Kelinci Raya No. 2F, RT.3/RW.3, Pasar Baru, Sawah Besar, Jakarta Pusat 10710, Indonesia
- Darshan hours
- Daily temple schedule per the official website (2026): Mangala Arati 4:30 AM, Raj Bhoga Arati 12:00 PM, Sandhya Arati 7:00 PM; confirm current timings before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Janmashtami is the community's largest annual observance; the temple also worships Jagannath, Baladeva, and Subhadra, suggesting an annual Rath Yatra-style observance.
- How to reach
- In the Pasar Baru area of Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta (Jakarta Pusat), reachable by road within the city.
- Festivals
- Janmashtami (August/September)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
Open in Google MapsSri Nilacala Dhama is ISKCON’s temple in Jakarta, located in the Pasar Baru area of Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta. It worships a set of deities typical of larger ISKCON centers: Radha Krishna as the presiding pair, together with Jagannath, Baladeva, and Subhadra (the deity-forms associated with the Rath Yatra chariot festival tradition), and Gaura Nitai (Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda). ISKCON’s presence in Indonesia traces back at least to the 1970s, when the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust distributed Indonesian translations of Srila Prabhupada’s writings from Jakarta, part of the movement’s broader push to spread Gaudiya Vaishnava literature across Southeast Asia.
As with many ISKCON centers, the temple’s day-to-day life centers on deity worship, kirtan, and public festivals, with Janmashtami as the most prominent annual observance. A precise founding date for the present Sri Nilacala Dhama building was not available from the sources consulted during this research pass and should be confirmed before being stated as fact.
Sources
- historical record: Fetched directly from ISKCON Jakarta's official website (iskconjakarta.org) during this research pass: confirms the temple name 'Sri Nilacala Dhama,' its address in Pasar Baru, Sawah Besar, Jakarta Pusat, and that Radha Krishna, Sri Jagannath, Baladeva, Subhadra Devi, and Gaura Nitai are worshipped there. The site's 'About Us' page returned only placeholder text at the time of this research, so no founding date or narrative history could be confirmed.
- historical record: Re-checked iskconjakarta.org homepage in this pass: confirms the daily arati schedule (Mangala Arati 4:30 AM, Raj Bhoga Arati 12:00 PM, Sandhya Arati 7:00 PM) and re-confirms the temple's self-description as 'A Jagannath Temple for worship [of] Radha Krishna, Sri Jagannath, Baladev, and Subadra Devi and Gaura Nitai.' The dedicated 'About Us' subpage (iskconjakarta.org/about-us/) returned a 404 in this pass, so a founding date remains unconfirmed.
For review
- Founding/establishment year of this Jakarta temple could not be confirmed via the official ISKCON Jakarta website or Wikipedia in this session (Wikipedia's main ISKCON article only notes that the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust distributed Indonesian-language literature from Jakarta in the 1970s, which is not the same claim as a temple founding date). Treat any specific founding year as unconfirmed until a dedicated source is located.