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Many like to visit a temple during Diwali time to pray for health, happiness and prosperity in the upcoming year. As New York and New Jersey have a very high South Asian population, there are plenty of temples for you to visit during this holy and festive time. CitySaheli has compiled a list of local Mandirs (Hindu Temples) and Gudwaras (Sikh Temples). We have included many, but not all the temples in the area, and encourage you to post others you recommend in our forums.
New York
Vishwa Dharma Mandalam
96 Ave. B. Between 6th and 7th Street
Manhattan, New York
Tel: 888-474-1218
Hours: 7:30am-9:30pm daily
Getting There: Subway 6 to Astor Place and walk over to Avenue B between 6th & 7th
NY Ganesh Temple
Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam
45-57 Bowne Street, Flushing, NY 11355
Tel: 718-460-8484
Hours: M-F 8am -9pm Sat-Sun 7:30am-9pm
Getting There: Take IRT Flushing Line (No.7) train from Times Square. Get of at last stop – Main Street, Flushing. Take Q27 bus from Main Street, which goes up Kissena Blvd., and turns left onto Holly Ave. Get off at the stop just before Bowne Street and you will see the Rajagopuram of the temple to your left. The bus ride is only five to ten minutes at the most.
Om Sai Mandir
48-11 Smart Street
Flushing, New York 11355
Hours: 8am-9pm daily
Getting There: From Manhattan (New York City) – Take the 7 Train. Get off at Main Street (Flushing) station. From there you could catch either Q25/34, Q17, or Q27 (going towards Jamaica). If you take Q17, Q27, Q25/34 the bus goes through Kissena Blvd. Get off at 45th Avenue on Kissena Blvd. Walk on 45th Avenue towards Flushing Hospital. Walk 4 blocks. 4th block is Smart Street. Make right into Smart Street. Om Sai Mandir is the second building (white) on your left.
Satya Narayan Mandir
75-15 Woodside Avenue
Jackson Heights, New York 11373
Phone: 718-899-8863
Getting There: By SUBWAY – take subway (E, F, G, R, V, 7 trains) to 74th St & Roosevelt Ave/Jackson Heights in Queens – from 74th St walk along Roosevelt Ave (with elevated trains above) toward 76th St and make a right onto 76th St-if making right from Roosevelt Ave; Broadway is at the first light and (after a couple of cross streets) Woodside Ave is at the next light – Mandir is at the corner of 76th St & Woodside Ave.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
43-38 Browne Street
Flushing, New York 11355
Phone: 718- 539-5373
Glen Cove Gurdwara
100 Lattingtown Rd, Glen Cove NY
Phone: 516-674-6793
NEW JERSEY
Hindu Samaj Mandir
247 West Ramapo Ave
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Phone: 201-529-1277
Hours: Weekdays 8:30am-11:30am, 5:00pm-8:30 pm; Weekends 8:30am-8:30 pm
Sri Venkateswara Temple (Balaji Mandir) & Community Center
780 Old Farm Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Getting There: Raritan Valley line: Somerville – Newark – New York city
Connects to Path Train to Jersey city, Hoboken, NYC. (Taxi from Somerville Station)
NJ Transit Bus:
#114 Bridgewater – New York City, (Taxi from Bridgewater Mall)
#117 Somerville – New York City (Weekdays only) http://www.venkateswara.org/index.shtml
Shree Swaminarayan Temple
200 Penhorn Avenue
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Phone: 201-325-0510
Hours: Weekdays: 6:30am – 11:00am, 4:00pm – 9:00pm; Weekends 6:30am – 12:00am, 2:00pm – 9:00pm
Sri Guru Singh Sabah Sikh Temple
541 Prospect Street
Glen Rock, New Jersey
Phone: 201-447-9819 07452
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