City Guides

Temples, festival highlights and where to shop for puja items in cities with large Hindu communities, in India and abroad.

• Bengaluru Festival & Temple Guide

  Bengaluru, India

  Bengaluru's ancient temples, festival season highlights and where to shop for puja samagri.

• London Hindu Festival & Temple Guide

  London, United Kingdom

  Neasden, Wembley, Southall and beyond — London's Hindu landmarks and festival celebrations.

• Leicester Diwali & Hindu Community Guide

  Leicester, United Kingdom

  Leicester's Golden Mile Diwali, Belgrave Road and Navratri — one of the biggest Indian festival cities outside India.

• New Jersey (Edison & Iselin) Festival Guide

  Edison, United States

  Oak Tree Road, the Robbinsville Akshardham and New Jersey's busy festival calendar.

• Singapore Little India & Deepavali Guide

  Singapore, Singapore

  Little India, Serangoon Road's Deepavali light-up, Thaipusam and Singapore's historic temples.

• Dubai & Abu Dhabi Hindu Temple and Festival Guide

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  The Jebel Ali Hindu temple, Abu Dhabi's BAPS mandir and Diwali in the UAE.

• Toronto & GTA Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Toronto, Canada

  The BAPS mandir in Etobicoke, Gerrard India Bazaar, Brampton and Mississauga — where the Greater Toronto Area celebrates Hindu festivals.

• San Francisco Bay Area Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Bay Area, United States

  Temples in San Jose, Santa Clara and Fremont, and how Silicon Valley's Indian families celebrate the festival year.

• Los Angeles Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Los Angeles, United States

  The Malibu Hindu Temple, the Chino Hills mandir and Artesia's Little India — Hindu festivals across Southern California.

• Houston Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Houston, United States

  The Sri Meenakshi Temple in Pearland, the BAPS mandir in Stafford and Hillcroft's Mahatma Gandhi District.

• Dallas–Fort Worth Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Dallas, United States

  The Karya Siddhi Hanuman Temple in Frisco and the busy festival calendar of Irving, Plano and the northern suburbs.

• Sydney Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Sydney, Australia

  Temples, Harris Park's "Little India" and how Sydney's Hindu families celebrate Diwali, Navratri and the festival year — with southern-hemisphere timings.

• Melbourne Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Melbourne, Australia

  Temples, Dandenong's Little India precinct and Melbourne's festival calendar, with local panchang timings for the southern hemisphere.

• Brisbane Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Brisbane, Australia

  How Brisbane's Hindu community celebrates the festival year, where to find temples and puja items, and local panchang timings without daylight saving.

• Auckland Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Auckland, New Zealand

  Bharatiya Mandir in Sandringham, the Swaminarayan Mandir in Papatoetoe and how Auckland celebrates Diwali, Navratri and Holi.

• Kuala Lumpur Deepavali, Thaipusam and Temple Guide

  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  Batu Caves, the Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Brickfields' Little India and how Malaysia celebrates Deepavali and Thaipusam.

• Durban Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Durban, South Africa

  South Africa's Hindu heartland: Clairwood's historic Murugan temple, Chatsworth and Phoenix, Kavady festivals and Diwali in Durban.

• Mauritius Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Port Louis, Mauritius

  Grand Bassin and the Maha Shivaratri pilgrimage, the Grand Shivala of Triolet, Aapravasi Ghat and the festivals that are public holidays in Mauritius.

• Fiji Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Suva, Fiji

  Nadi's Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple, Indo-Fijian traditions, Girmit history and Diwali — a public holiday in Fiji.

• Trinidad Hindu Festival and Temple Guide

  Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

  The Temple in the Sea, Divali Nagar, Phagwa and Indian Arrival Day — Hindu heritage in Trinidad and Tobago.