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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,