Sri Tiller Ganesha Temple
Trondheim, Norway
- Deities
- Ganesha
- Traditions
- shaiva
- Worship status
- active
- Address
- Djupmyra 5, 7075 Tiller, Trondheim
- Coordinates
- 63.3455028, 10.3725546
- Darshan hours
- Daily evening puja at 7:00 pm, with special services on Fridays and all festivals; consult the temple directly for the current schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Vinayaka Chaturthi (Ganesh Chaturthi) and other major Ganesha festivals; confirm the current calendar with the temple.
- How to reach
- At Djupmyra 5 in the Tiller district of Trondheim, Norway's third-largest city; reachable within the city by local bus.
Location
Open in Google MapsThe Sri Tiller Ganesha Temple, at Djupmyra 5 in the Tiller district of Trondheim, is dedicated to Ganesha and is one of the Hindu temples that Wikipedia’s overview of Hinduism in Norway identifies as currently active in the country. Its presence in Trondheim — Norway’s third-largest city, roughly 500 km north of Oslo — extends this directory’s Norway coverage beyond the capital region, where the already-documented Sanatan Mandir Sabha (Slemmestad) and Sivasubramanayar Alayam (Ammerud, Oslo) are both located, showing that organized Hindu worship in Norway is not confined to Oslo alone.
The temple was built by Eelam Tamilar Sangam, a Sri Lankan Tamil community association established on 1 January 1981, with the temple building itself opening in 2005. It holds daily evening puja, with special services on Fridays and during festivals, and serves a membership of roughly 380, while also hosting guided educational visits from local schools. Named individual founders and a current festival calendar remain unconfirmed; fuller documentation of the temple’s congregation would need to be confirmed directly with the community.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's 'Hinduism in Norway' article, which lists the Sri Tiller Ganesha Temple in Trondheim as one of six Hindu temples currently operating in Norway, illustrated with a photograph in the source article.
- historical record: Wave 2 follow-up: address, coordinates, and founding history confirmed via multiple independent sources - an OpenStreetMap point-of-interest explicitly tagged 'Sri Tiller Ganesha-tempelet' (with a from=2005 tag and a linked Wikidata item, Q12002468); Norway's Brønnøysund business registry, which records the founding organization 'Eelam Tamilar Sangam' (a Sri Lankan Tamil community association) as established 1 January 1981 and registered at this same Djupmyra 5 address; and an archived version of the temple's own former site, tillerganesha.no, which states the temple building itself opened in 2005 (built by Eelam Tamilar Sangam), holds daily evening puja, and serves roughly 380 members, also hosting school-group educational visits from fourth grade through adult.
For review
- Named individual founders beyond the sponsoring Eelam Tamilar Sangam association, and a current (2026) event calendar, remain unconfirmed; the temple's former official site (tillerganesha.no) is no longer reachable directly, though extensively archived.