Sri Radha Govinda Temple (ISKCON)
Medie, outside Accra, Ghana
- Deities
- Radha Govinda (Radha Krishna)
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; consult ISKCON's own centre listing for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Janmashtami is likely a major observance given the temple's Radha-Govinda dedication, though this specific temple's own festival calendar was not independently documented this pass.
- How to reach
- In the town of Medie, outside Accra, Ghana.
Location
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Located in Medie, a town outside Accra, the Sri Radha Govinda Temple serves as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness’s (ISKCON) main centre for its activities in Ghana. Wikipedia’s article on Hinduism in Ghana, citing academic research by Albert Kafui Wuaku (2009) and a 2010 BBC News report, describes it as the hub around which ISKCON conducts public chanting, vegetarian food distribution (part of ISKCON’s global Food for Life programme), and temple worship promoting Vaishnavism in the country, alongside numerous smaller devotee groups scattered elsewhere in Ghana.
This is Ghana’s second Hindu temple documented in this directory, distinct from the Shaivite Hindu Monastery of Africa in Odorkor, Accra, and reflects ISKCON’s broader presence across West Africa. No precise address, founding date, or architectural detail was located during this research pass.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Ghana' article, which states: 'The center for their [ISKCON's] activities in Ghana is the Sri Radha Govinda Temple in the town of Medie outside Accra, but there are numerous small groups of devotees around the country.' The article cites Wuaku, Albert Kafui (2009) and a BBC News article by Rajesh Joshi (29 June 2010) as sources; a dated (Feb 2021) Wikimedia Commons photo is captioned 'Iskcon temple in Accra, Ghana,' corroborating the temple's continued existence.
For review
- No precise address, coordinates, or founding date for this temple was found in available sources; only its name, its role as ISKCON's main Ghana centre, and its location in Medie (outside Accra) are confirmed, via Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Ghana' article and its cited academic and news sources.
- Re-checked on a later pass: the same Wikipedia article contains a minor internal inconsistency - its body text places the temple 'in the town of Medie outside Accra,' while a separate photo caption in the same article locates it more loosely as 'in Accra.' This entry follows the more specific body-text claim (Medie). Attempts to reach a dedicated ISKCON Ghana website (iskconghana.org) failed with a DNS resolution error, confirming no such site is currently live.