Sri Siva Vishnu Temple
Lanham, Maryland, USA
- Deities
- Ramanathaswamy (Shiva), Ananthapadmanabha (Vishnu), Parvathi, Lakshmi, Durga, Rama, Krishna, Hanuman
- Traditions
- shaiva, vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- 6905 Cipriano Rd, Lanham (Seabrook), MD 20706.
- Coordinates
- 38.9846, -76.8534
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; consult the temple's own website for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Year-round; major festivals draw large crowds from the greater Washington, D.C. Hindu community.
- How to reach
- In Lanham, Maryland, about a mile from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; reachable by car from Washington, D.C.
Location
Open in Google MapsOne of the largest Hindu temples in the United States, Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Lanham, Maryland took an unusually long fourteen years to complete: construction began in 1988 and continued in phases until 2002, when the final deity was consecrated. Distinctively, it houses two co-equal main shrines rather than a single primary deity โ Shiva as Ramanathaswamy and Vishnu as Ananthapadmanabha โ reflecting an ecumenical approach adopted by many South Indian-style American temples serving religiously diverse immigrant communities, with its architecture drawing on the Pallava, Chola, and Vijayanagara traditions of South India. Numerous subsidiary shrines to Parvathi, Lakshmi, Durga, Rama, Krishna, Hanuman, and other deities surround the two main sanctums, and the temple today serves as a major religious and cultural center for the Hindu community of the greater Washington, D.C. area, hosting regular concerts and classical dance performances alongside daily worship.
Sources
- historical record: Wave 2 re-verification: coordinates and address confirmed and added via Komoot Photon geocoding, which identifies 'Sri Siva Vishnu Temple' at 6905 Cipriano Road (38.9846319, -76.8533624); the geocoder's postal locality reads 'Seabrook, MD 20706' rather than 'Lanham,' though both are unincorporated communities in Prince George's County sharing the same ZIP code and the temple is universally known by its Lanham identity; this entry keeps 'Lanham' per the temple's own branding and prior convention. This entry previously had no coordinates or address field.
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'Sri Siva Vishnu Temple' article: confirms construction began in 1988 and was completed in 2002 when the last deity was consecrated; the temple honors Shiva as Ramanathaswamy and Vishnu as Ananthapadmanabha in its two main shrines, with architecture influenced by Pallava, Chola, and Vijayanagara styles, and is described as among the largest Hindu temples in the United States.