Temples in Boston

Founded by Srila Prabhupada ISKCON is one of the most prominent temples of the Hari Krishna movement. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON is now known as the New Gundica. Boston is considered a significant pillar in the development of the Krishna consciousness movement in the west.

Address : 72 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
Open Hours : Open all days 4.30 AM to 9.00 AM
Wednesday: 4.30 AM to 9.30 PM
Sunday:4.30 AM to 10.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 10 minutes’ drive to the temple.

The Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston is a place of worship and prayer for the Hindus living in Boston. It is a non-profit organization and conducts several social, cultural, and educational activities under the Hindu rituals and philosophies. Various Hindu festivities like the Lohri celebration, Vasant Panchami, Mahashivratri, etc are also celebrated in the temple.

Address : 407R Mystic Ave, Medford, MA 02155
Open Hours : Open all days
Timings : Morning: 9.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Evening: 7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Sunday: 9.00 AM to 7.30 PM
Distance from Boston : A 13-minutes’ drive from Boston

Established in 1996, under the auspice of Massachusetts Budhi Sikha Society, by Kuan Yen the Thousand Buddha Temple derives its name because of more than a thousand Buddha statues that encircle the meditation Hall. Each of the thousand statues represents the participants who invested their time and money in building the temple. The statues also signify the Buddha-nature of the participants and serve as inspirational models for the practitioners.

Address : 53-55 Massachusetts Avenue, Quincy, MA 02169
Open Hours : Open all Days,
9.00 AM to 7.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 30 minutes drive from Boston

Established to promote the Sanathan Dharma or eternal path, an understanding of the Hindu Religion, to inculcate the lifestyle based on Vaishnav teachings and to follow a path of happiness, peace, love, harmony and non-violence the Shree Haridham Temple in Norwood is a faith-based temple and a financially self-supporting entity. It is open to donations by the devotees and also offers volunteer works.

Address : 1504 Boston providence Tpke, Unit 17 Norwood, MA. 02062
Open Hours : Tuesday and Saturday,
6.30 PM to 7.30 PM
Distance from Boston : 30 minutes’ drive from Boston

Vietnamese Pagoda is a Buddhist temple in Boston that is open to all, barring the national backgrounds of the visitors and the devotees. Vietnamese believed that many deities are real human beings who have lived an exceptional life, which concurs their strong belief and worship of Buddha. The nuns and the monks of the Vietnamese Pagoda gather together to preach Buddhism.

Address : 68 Bradeen St, Boston, MA 02131
Open Hours : Open all days,
8.00 AM to 8.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 20 minutes’ drive

The Braj Mandir Hindu temple is a non-profit organization and hosts many devotional services and volunteer work for the devotees. It is a famous temple in Boston dedicated to the deities of Radha Krishna. The services hosted by the temple encircles around the Nimbarki Vaisnava, which is the oldest devotional path in Hindu philosophy.

Address : 711 S Franklin St, Holbrook, MA 02343
Open Hours : Open all Days, except Sunday
Morning : 9.00 AM to 12.00 PM
Evening: 5.00 PM to 8.30 PM
Distance From Boston : 30 minutes drive

Built-in reverence of Shirdi Sai Baba The Shri Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Baba Temple and under the Dwarkamai organization, the temple is focused on spreading the preachings of Sai Baba. It aims to foster spiritual growth in the devotees and conducts programs for social and community development. The temple also facilitates several philanthropic services and provides to the needs of underprivileged kids by finding reliable and right channels to help them.

Address : 711 S Franklin St, Holbrook, MA 02343
Open Hours : Open all Days,
9.00 AM to 8.30 PM
Distance From Boston : 30 minutes drive

Established by Swami Sathasivom and with a vision of setting a devotional representation of Lord Shiva in the U.S, the temple is a host to three shivlings along with a diety of goddess Kalikambal. The other three deities in the temple include that of Lord Omkareshwara, which the main deity in the temple, Lord Arunachaleshwara, and Lord Omkareshwara in the form of atmalinga.

Address : 711 S Franklin St, Holbrook, MA 02343
Open Hours : Open all Days,
5.30 PM to 7.30 PM
Distance From Boston : 50 minutes drive.

The BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a place for the visitors and the devotees where they can also attend the cultural programs and religious services hosted by the temple. Founded by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a spiritual leader and a guru to the BAPS backed the establishment as a means to cultivate peace and harmony amongst the Hindu community and the visitors.

Address : 4 Commercial St Sharon, MA 02067 USA
Open Hours : Open all days,
Morning: 7.20 AM to 12.00 PM
Evening: 4.00 PM to 8.00 PM
Saturday- Sunday: 7.30 AM to 8.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 35 minutes’ drive

Founded in 1985 by Thich Giac Duc, also the spiritual leader of the community, the Universal Buddhist Congregation is a host of more than two thousand members and host more than thirty services on an average day. The congregation has a majority of children and teenagers, as young people are a focus of this community. It conducts various activities for the youngsters after the Sunday services.

Address : 81 Marion St, East Boston, MA 02128
Distance from Boston : 10 minutes drive

The Fo Guang Buddhist Temple is a Chinese Mahayana temple and is the first temple built in Massachusetts by Fo Guang Shan Temple. He initially started with an idea of preaching Buddhism in Boston by creating a Greater Boston Buddhist Cultural Center, which was a restaurant that he purchased in between Harvard University and MIT.

Address: 711 Concord Ave, Cambridge, MA 01238
Open Hours: Open all Days,
10.00 AM to 5.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 20 minutes’ drive

Shambhala Meditation Centre of Boston is a community for people who share a common and a genuine interest in meditation, a personal and spiritual awakening. The core path of the community is to train people to conquer over their hearts and minds and cultivate the feelings of bravery, kindness and openness. It is a community that offers several practice events, celebrations and gatherings of various groups for the newcomers who are discovering the teachings.

Address : 646 Brookline Ave, Brookline, MA 02445
Open Hours : 7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 20 minutes’ drive from Boston

Found in 1989 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the Kurukulla Centre for Tibet Buddhist studies aims to provide community support for all those who are studying and practicing the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Being a not-for-profit organization, it has over one hundred and twenty Buddhist centers, monasteries, and healing and retreat centers that are spread worldwide.

Address : 68 Magoun Ave, Medford, MA 02155
Open Hours : Open all Days,
7.00 to 9.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 10 minutes’ drive to the centre.

The Gurdwara Sikh Sangat is a Sikh temple in Boston, a great place to attain spiritual bliss and take a break from the mundane life. The Gurudwara is open to all and not restricted to people from the Sikh Community. They host various weekly and daily programs, the details for which are available on their website.

Address: 10 Thorndike St, Everett, MA 02149
Open Hours: Open all days,
8.00 AM to 8.00 PM
Distance from Boston: 10 minutes drive.

Established in 1981, The Jain Centre of Greater Boston was the first center to have a Jain temple in Boston. The Jain Centre of Greater Boston is an effort and hard work of the Indian Residents living in Boston. It is a host of the marble idol of Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism along, with the marble idols of 24 Tirthankaras or leaders of Jainism. Being a non-profit organization, it welcomes all those who are interested in Jain philosophy, their teachings, learning, and the practices of Jainism.

Address : 556 Nichols St, Norwood, MA 02062
Open Hours : Open all days,
7.00 AM to 8.00 PM
Distance from Boston : 35 minutes’ drive

The Shree Vijaya Durga Temple is managed by a non-profit organization Shree Siddha Lalitha Peetham and is a host to deities Vijay Durga, Siddha Ganpati, Siva Parvati, and many more. The temple offers daily aarti along with other services like Satyanarayan Puja, Kalyanam, Navgra Puja, Shri Chakra Puja, etc. The temple follows the lineage of the Siddha traditions, a path followed by the Siddha Gurus.

Address: 85 Wilmington Rd Burlington, MA 01803
Open Hours: Open all days,
Monday -Friday: 5.00 PM to 7.00 PM
Saturday- Sunday: 3.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Distance From Boston: 20 minutes drive