Hare Krishna Melbourne Temple History

During the 1970s, Srila Prabhupada regularly visited ISKCON

Melbourne to give lectures and inspire his many followers who would

eagerly await his arrival. On very special occasions he came to install the

Deity forms of Lord Krishna so that his devoted students could learn to

worship the Lord in His archa-vigraha (Deity form).

In 1973, when the temple was still located in Burnett Street, St Kilda (our

first location), Srila Prabhupada installed Melbourne’s presiding Deities,

Sri Sri Radha Ballabha. Much to everyone’s delight, in May 1975 Srila

Prabhupada attended the opening of our current temple at 197 Danks

Street, Albert Park, simultaneously installing Deities of Lord Chaitanya

and Lord Nityananda, Sri-Sri Gaura Nitai.

ISKCON Melbourne is still presided over by the same beautiful Deities

of Sri Sri Radha Ballabha and Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, along with Lord

Jagannath, Lord Baladeva and Lady Subhadra.

Sri Sri Radha Ballabha

Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai

Lord Baladeva, Lady Subhadra and Lord Jagannath,