Hasenheide 106 · Neukölln · since 24 September 2005
Berlin's first permanent Hindu temple in the South Indian Dravidian style. Maha Kumbhabhishekam 3–7 June 2026. After that: daily aarti at 4 pm, every samskara, a door open to anyone.
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Community
Four paths into the temple. Bring nothing but yourself.
Aarti, samskara and weddings in your own city — not 460 km away.
Newly arrived from India. A second family around the corner, not only an office.
Sanskrit for the mantras, German or English for the relatives. Both families experience the same ceremony.
School groups, walkers, the curious. Doors open, no booking, no entry fee.
Voices
What brings people through our doors — voices from across our community.
“I came on my own for an evening Aarti, not knowing a soul. Someone handed me a song sheet and made space on the mat — I left feeling I had family in this city.”
Student, new to Berlin
Visits most weekends
“We used to drive for hours to find a temple for our son's first ceremony. Now it's a tram ride away — and watching the gopuram rise, you realise the whole community built this together.”
Young family, Neukölln
Here for every samskara
“My wife is German, I'm Tamil. Here the mantras are in Sanskrit and the welcome is in both our languages — both families felt at home at the same ceremony.”
Interfaith couple
Married at the temple
“I live around the corner and wandered in out of curiosity. No entry fee, no questions — just tea, quiet, and people glad to explain everything.”
Neighbour from the Hasenheide
First-time visitor
“I came for one Aarti and kept coming back to help. Watching the temple reach its final weeks, you feel the whole community carried it here, stone by stone.”
Weekend volunteer
Neukölln
“For years we prayed in the wooden hall next door and dreamed of this day. Now the murtis are in place and the inauguration is near — twenty years of seva, finally home.”
Long-time devotee
Here since the early years
Next major event
A milestone two decades in the making — now only weeks away.
महाकुम्भाभिषेकम्
Five days of Vedic temple consecration — from purification rites to the Maha Kumbhabhishekam on 7 June 2026.
The daily Cultural evenings (18:00–20:00) are open to everyone. All other rituals require prior booking via DesiPass.
Hasenheide 106 · Neukölln · since 24 September 2005
A donation, a life membership, an hour of sevā on a festival day. Three ways, one effect.