Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple (ISKCON Spanish Fork)
Spanish Fork, Utah, USA
- Deities
- Radha Krishna
- Traditions
- vaishnava
- Worship status
- active
- Coordinates
- 40.0757, -111.6621
- Darshan hours
- Varies by season; consult the temple's own website for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Spring, for the temple's Holi Festival of Colors, which is described as the largest such celebration in the Western Hemisphere.
- How to reach
- At 311 W 8500 S, Spanish Fork, Utah County; reachable by car from Provo or Salt Lake City.
- Festivals
- Holi (Festival of Colors) (March), Janmashtami (August/September)
- Associated saints
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Location
Open in Google MapsSet in Utah County against the Wasatch mountains, this ISKCON temple grew from the efforts of Charu Das (born Christopher Warden), a devotee of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who first came to the area through Brigham Young University in 1975 and settled in Spanish Fork in 1983. A groundbreaking ceremony took place in 1996, and construction of the temple itself began on 16 February 1998. Though modest in scale compared to some other ISKCON temples, it has become widely known well beyond the local Hindu community for its annual Holi Festival of Colors each spring, which draws large crowds of visitors of all backgrounds and is described as the largest such celebration in the Western Hemisphere — a striking example of an ISKCON temple’s public festival becoming a mainstream regional cultural event in an area with a comparatively small resident Hindu population.
Sources
- historical record: Wave 2 re-verification: coordinates confirmed and added via Komoot Photon geocoding, which identifies 'Radha Krishna Temple' at this entry's pre-existing address, 311 West 8500 South Street, Spanish Fork, UT 84660 (40.0757051, -111.662094). This entry previously had no coordinates field.
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple' (Spanish Fork, Utah) article: confirms a groundbreaking ceremony in 1996 and construction beginning 16 February 1998, led by ISKCON devotee Charu Das (formerly Christopher Warden), who had relocated to Spanish Fork in 1983 after first visiting the area via Brigham Young University in 1975; the article also confirms the temple hosts what it describes as the largest annual Holi Festival of Colors celebration in the Western Hemisphere.