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Hindu temples, gurdwaras and Jain temples in Kenya

Kenya’s Hindu temples are mostly in Nairobi and Mombasa. In Nairobi they include the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on Prof. Wangari Maathai Road (formerly Forest Road) in Parklands, the East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple on Swaminarayan Road, the Cutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple in Langata and ISKCON on Ngara Road; in Mombasa they include the Hindu Union’s Shiva Temple in Makadara and two Swaminarayan temples on Haile Selassie Road. Nairobi’s gurdwaras are the Siri Guru Singh Sabha on Uyoma Street and the Ramgarhia gurdwaras in Pangani and South C, and the Sikh Temple at Makindu, about 170 km down the Mombasa road, is reported to serve free langar around the clock. Jain derasars stand in Nairobi (Limuru Road), Mombasa, Nakuru and Thika.

Namaste Community deskChecked October 30, 202628 places open

Nairobi

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Most Hindu worship is in Parklands and Westlands, with ISKCON in Ngara, the Siri Guru Singh Sabha in the centre, the Ramgarhia gurdwaras in Pangani and South C, and the Kutchi Swaminarayan community’s temple in Langata.

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    Prof. Wangari Maathai Road (formerly Forest Road), Parklands, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    Daily 08:00–12:00 and 16:00–20:00 for visitors; arti at 06:45 and 18:45 (webcast), Sunday satsang assembly 17:00

    Opened by Pramukh Swami Maharaj on 29 August 1999 and described by BAPS as the first traditional stone mandir in Africa: about 350 tonnes of Jaisalmer sandstone carved in India, with an interior of carved East African timber. A daily evening katha is held at 19:00 from Monday to Saturday.

    Website

  • HinduSwaminarayan (Nar Narayan Dev Gadi)

    East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple (EASS)

    Address
    Swaminarayan Road, Parklands, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    Daily 05:00–11:00 and 16:00–20:00

    Built in 1945 by the East Africa Satsang Mandal, founded in 1932, and the first Swaminarayan temple outside the Indian subcontinent. The older of Parklands’ two Swaminarayan temples, under the Nar Narayan Dev Gadi, and a Hindu Council member.

  • HinduSwaminarayan (Nar Narayan Dev Gadi, Bhuj)

    Shree Cutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple (Langata)

    Address
    Off Langata Road, Langata, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    Daily 05:00–10:30 and 16:00–20:00 (Sundays 05:00–11:00)

    The Kutchi Swaminarayan community’s Nairobi temple, run under the Nar Narayan Dev Gadi of Bhuj. Its first temple was on Kirinyaga Road; from 2008 an 8.5-acre site near the Langata barracks was set aside for a larger complex, with the Swaminarayan Academy opening in 2013 and the new temple’s opening festival planned for 2016. A Hindu Council member as the Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple.

    Website

  • HinduISKCON

    ISKCON Nairobi: Sri Sri Radha Bankebihari Mandir

    Address
    Hare Krishna Temple, Ngara Road, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    Sundays 12:30–14:00 (classes for children and youth)

    ISKCON’s Nairobi temple, on land the movement acquired near the city centre in 1972. ISKCON’s directory lists harinamas, Food for Life and namahatta programmes alongside the Sunday classes; the temple is a Hindu Council member.

    Website

  • HinduSanatan Dharm

    Shree Sanatan Dharam Sabha

    Address
    Nairobi — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A Sanatan Dharma body and temple on the Hindu Council’s member list for 2026–27. Secondary sources place it in the Westlands–Parklands area, but we found no street, hours or website, so ask the Hindu Council’s Nairobi office before travelling.

  • Hindu

    Shree Ram Mandir

    Address
    Nairobi — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    On the Hindu Council’s member list for 2026–27. People Daily reported a celebration of the Ayodhya Ram temple’s opening at Parklands in January 2024, where one of the Ram Mandir’s trustees was installed as chairman; no street or hours are published. All India Radio described a Diwali–UNESCO ceremony on 11 December 2025 at “the historic Sri Ram Temple in Kenya”, built in 1919, without naming the town, so we cannot say it is this one.

  • HinduArya Samaj

    Arya Samaj, Nairobi

    Address
    Nairobi — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Founded in Nairobi on 5 July 1903, with the first Arya Samaj building in East Africa begun that September; a seven-storey building now stands on the site. The Arya Stree Samaj (the women’s wing, 1919) and the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Eastern Africa, which coordinates the region’s Samajes, are also Hindu Council members. No street, hours or website are published.

  • HinduTamil (Murugan)

    Sri Murugan Koil Nairobi

    Address
    Ndovu Ahmed Lane, opposite CITAM Parklands Church, Second Parklands Avenue, Parklands, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Nairobi’s Tamil temple, run by a society formed in August 2016 and a Hindu Council member. The shrines of Ganapathy and Murugan opened on Thai Poosam, 9 February 2017, and Shiva was added later. A temple listing puts it in rented premises at this address and gives daily prayers of roughly 06:00–11:30 and 17:00–20:00; the listing is undated and the society was looking for land to build, so confirm both before you go.

  • Sikh

    Siri Guru Singh Sabha

    Address
    Uyoma Street (formerly Byramjee Street), Nairobi · Directions
    When
    Sunday diwan (time not published)

    Nairobi’s central gurdwara. The Sabha’s first gurdwara opened in 1911 when about a hundred Sikhs lived in the town; the present domed building went up on Crown land granted after a deputation in 1956, with its foundation stone laid on 16 January 1959 and its opening in November 1963, days before independence. The women’s Istri Sabha organises Guru ka Langar.

  • SikhRamgarhia

    Siri Gurudwara Ramgarhia, Pangani

    Address
    Pangani, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Ramgarhia community’s gurdwara in Pangani, on its present site since 30 April 1972 (the Ramgarhia Hall on Yatta Road dates from 1937): the Nanak Darbar congregation hall, a kitchen and dining hall, a library and parking for over 250 cars. India’s Deputy High Commissioner joined its Guru Nanak 550th celebrations on 12 November 2019. The East Africa Ramgharia Board is a Hindu Council member; hours and street number are not published.

  • SikhRamgarhia

    Siri Gurudwara Ramgarhia Railway, South C

    Address
    South C, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Built on land offered free of charge in 1960 and opened on 23 March 1975, a branch of the older Landia gurdwara by the railway station. India’s High Commissioner and a minister of state attended its Guru Nanak 550th event on 12 November 2019. Hours and street number are not published.

  • JainShwetambar (Visa Oshwal)

    Munisuvrat Jinalaya (Visa Oshwal derasar)

    Address
    Shree Visa Oshwal Mahajanvadi, Limuru Road, Nairobi · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The Visa Oshwal Community’s shikharbandhi derasar of pink Baleshwar sandstone, with nine murtis and Munisuvrat Swami as the main image; its consecration festival ran from 4 to 12 February 1984, and 900 to 1,000 people visit at Paryushan. Since February 2021 it also holds the murtis of the closed Jainshala Derasar. The community’s Oshwal Centre, with its auditorium, is in Westlands.

  • JainShwetambar (Visa Oshwal)Closed

    Jainshala Derasar

    Address
    Nairobi — the venue moves; see below

    Nairobi’s first Jain temple: a small shrine of 1927, with marble images of Mahavir Swami, Adeshwar and Shantinath consecrated on 22 August 1957. The Oshwal community closed it in February 2021, citing changes in where members live, and moved its murtis to the Munisuvrat derasar on Limuru Road.

Mombasa

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The Old Town and Haile Selassie Road hold the older temples and the Jain derasar; ISKCON is in Nyali, to the north. The Hindu Council’s Mombasa branch also lists the Shree Visa Oshwal Vanik Community, a Jain body of over 900 members.

  • HinduShaiva

    Shiva Temple, Hindu Union of Mombasa

    Address
    Makadara, Mombasa · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The headquarters of the Hindu Union of Mombasa, which Wikipedia dates to 1899 and says grew from a fund-raising walk by Gujarati migrants; Lonely Planet describes a large, airy temple with a sculpture garden and gives the street as “Mwinyi Ab Rd”. No hours are published.

  • HinduSwaminarayan (Nar Narayan Dev Gadi, Bhuj)

    Shree Cutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple

    Address
    Haile Selassie Road, Mombasa · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–11:00 and 15:00–20:00

    The Kutchi Swaminarayan community’s temple (listed as K.S. Swaminarayan on swaminarayan.in): the first meeting to propose it was on 12 May 1957, the murtis reached Mombasa from Bhuj in November 1959 and were installed on 1 February 1960.

    Website

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    Haile Selassie Road, Mombasa · Directions
    When
    Daily arti at 06:30 and 18:45; youth and children’s sabha on Fridays and Sundays

    BAPS’s Mombasa mandir, on the same road as the Cutch Satsang temple but a separate organisation; BAPS’s 1999 directory counts its East African satsang from 1955, and Pramukh Swami Maharaj performed the pujan of new murtis for this mandir on 26 September 2004.

    Website

  • HinduISKCON

    ISKCON Mombasa: New Dwarikadham Temple

    Address
    Beach Road, Nyali, Mombasa · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    ISKCON’s Nyali temple, on a two-acre plot, opened in April 2011 when the Rukmini Dwarkadhish deities were moved from the original Ganjoni temple of 1972. ISKCON News reported in 2019 a weekly love feast at Nyali on Saturdays and at Ganjoni on Sundays, and a weekly Food for Life meal for nearly 700 people. The 2011 reports gave the plot as Links Road and ISKCON’s directory says Beach Road, so check before you go.

    Website

  • JainShwetambar

    Shree Swetamber Derawasi Jain Sangh derasar

    Address
    Old Town, between Digo Road and Langoni Road, Mombasa · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A white marble shikharbandhi temple on a two-acre plot, consecrated on 17 and 18 July 1963, with Chintamani Parshvanath as the main image, a library and a pathshala; Jain Digest describes it as in daily use. The Sangh dates to 1922, and its first house derasar was on Rogers Road in 1916.

Kisumu

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The railway’s lake terminus has a Hindu Council branch; the entries here carry a street only where the temple’s own organisation publishes one.

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    Okore Road, Kisumu · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Pramukh Swami Maharaj performed the murti-pratishtha here on 26 September 2004 before more than 1,800 devotees, consecrating Akshar Purushottam Maharaj, Radha-Krishna Dev and the guru parampara; the Hindu Council presented him with a citation the evening before.

    Website

  • HinduSwaminarayan (Nar Narayan Dev Gadi)

    Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Kisumu

    Address
    Kisumu — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Listed in the Swaminarayan sampraday’s mandir directory (swaminarayan.in) with a post-office box only; no street or hours are published.

  • HinduISKCON

    ISKCON Kisumu

    Address
    Kisumu — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    Listed in ISKCON’s official centres directory for Kisumu; the entry gives no street, programme or website, so ask ISKCON’s Nairobi temple for the current meeting place.

    Website

Nakuru

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Nakuru has a Hindu Council branch, and its Jain community rebuilt its derasar in 2017.

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    Masaai Avenue, Nakuru · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    One of BAPS’s Kenyan mandirs outside Nairobi and Mombasa, on BAPS’s own pages and already in its 1999 directory of African centres.

    Website

  • JainShwetambar (Visa Oshwal)

    Shree Munisuvrat Jinalay (Visa Oshwal derasar)

    Address
    Visa Oshwal Mahajanvadi, Nakuru · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A house derasar from 1976, rebuilt as a traditional shikharbandhi temple of Baleshwar stone and Ambaji marble without steel, with the consecration festival on 2 to 7 February 2017; Munisuvratswami is the main image. Jain Digest counted about 550 Jains in Nakuru in 2015.

Eldoret

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Eldoret has a Hindu Council branch; Uasin Gishu County had 1,600 Hindus at the 2019 census.

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    Tagore Road, Eldoret · Directions
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    BAPS’s Eldoret mandir, on its own pages and in its 1999 directory of African centres.

    Website

  • HinduSwaminarayan (Nar Narayan Dev Gadi)

    Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Eldoret

    Address
    Ramogi Drive, Eldoret · Directions
    When
    Daily 06:00–11:00 and 16:00–20:00

    A temple of the Swaminarayan sampraday’s Nar Narayan Dev Gadi, listed on swaminarayan.in with a street, a post-office box and daily darshan times; separate from the BAPS mandir.

Thika

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Thika is the centre of the Hindu Council’s Mount Kenya branch.

  • HinduSanatan Dharm

    Shree Hindu Sanatan Dharama Mandir

    Address
    Thika — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    The historic temple at the heart of the Hindu Council’s Mount Kenya branch, established in 1945 and serving over 400 Hindus. It has a temple, the Sanskriti Hall and the Annapurna Hall for food distribution, and keeps Holi, Shivratri, Ganpati, Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanti, Navratri, Diwali and Tulsi Vivah. No street or hours are published.

  • HinduBAPS

    BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

    Address
    Thika — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    BAPS’s report dates its murti-pratishtha to 13–15 May 2022, with the Vedic installation and inauguration on Sunday 15 May; it gives no street, so ask BAPS Nairobi for directions.

  • JainShwetambar (Visa Oshwal)

    Visa Oshwal derasar, Thika

    Address
    Thika — the venue moves; see below
    When
    No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

    A house derasar of 1950–51 became a shikharbandhi temple, consecrated between 3 and 7 February 1998, with an upashraya and hall; Jain Digest counted almost 300 Jain families in Thika in 2015. No street or hours are published.

Makindu, on the Mombasa road

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About 170 km from Nairobi in Makueni County, a customary halt on the way to the coast.

  • Sikh

    Sikh Temple Makindu (Gurdwara Makindu Sahib)

    Address
    Nairobi–Mombasa Road, Makindu, Makueni County · Directions
    When
    Langar reported around the clock; no timetable published

    A large gurdwara in forest off the highway, built in 1926 by Sikhs who worked on the Uganda Railway, on the site of a tin-roofed prayer hall of 1902. Free langar for travellers of every faith and, by The Review of Religions’ account, free lodging for up to two nights; donations are voluntary. Cover your head and take your shoes off.

Also worth knowing

The Hindu Council of Kenya, founded in 1971, is the Hindu umbrella body, with branches at Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Mount Kenya (Thika) and Eldoret; its member list for 2026–27 names about sixty institutions. The Shree Visa Oshwal Community is the Jain body, with the Oshwal Centre in Westlands and community centres in Mombasa and other towns. The 2019 census counted 60,287 Hindus in Kenya, 38,141 of them in Nairobi County and 6,136 in Mombasa County. The Council’s list gives no towns or streets, so it cannot place a temple for you; its Nairobi office can put you in touch with one.

Not listed because we could not place them: the Hindu Council’s list also names the Shree Hanuman Mandir, the Shree Ambajee Temple, the Shree Gurjar Suthar Vishwakarma Mandir, the Shree Jalaram Satsang Mandal, the Swaminarayan Vadtaldham temple and the Hindu Religious and Service Centre, with no town or street. Older Sikh directories list gurdwaras at Mwembe Tayari Road in Mombasa (Sri Guru Singh Sabha), in Nakuru, in Eldoret (a Sri Guru Singh Sabha of 1958 and a Ramgarhia gurdwara), on Cairo Road in Kisumu and on Mama Ngina Drive in Thika, and also a Landia gurdwara by Nairobi’s railway station; we found no current page for them, so ask a local Sikh association before travelling. Many smaller mandirs and community halls are not listed.

Diwali is Sunday 8 November 2026, with Dhanteras on Friday 6 November, Govardhan Puja on Monday 9 November and Bhai Dooj on Tuesday 10 November. It is not a public holiday in Kenya: at State House in October 2024 President Ruto said his government would decide on making it one by the next Diwali, and that a change would have to go to Parliament. Temples hold Lakshmi Puja on the evening and many hold Annakut the next day, and gurdwaras keep Bandi Chhor Divas that night; each sets its own times. The Hindu Council’s events page listed no event on 30 October. Fireworks need a licence from the State Department for Mining, and no 2026 notice had been found. Navratri ran from 11 to 19 October 2026 and the next begins on 30 September 2027. Guru Nanak’s Gurpurab is Tuesday 24 November 2026.

Cover your shoulders and knees, take your shoes off at the door and ask before photographing inside; cover your head in a gurdwara (scarves are usually available), and in a Jain temple leave leather items outside. Visitors of every faith are welcome at the Sunday programmes, which are the easiest first visit. The UK government’s advice names places of worship among places that could be targeted in Kenya, including at religious events and celebrations, and recommends varying your routine, going in daylight where you can and noting the bag searches and guards, so expect checks at the larger Nairobi temples.

In Nairobi, parking near the Parklands temples is tight on festival evenings, so share a lift or book a ride and agree a pick-up point afterwards; the Pangani gurdwara has parking for over 250 cars. For a pandit for a house puja, a naming ceremony or a wedding, ask at your community’s temple or samaj, or at the Hindu Council. Outside Nairobi and Mombasa this list is thin: for Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret and Thika, several entries have no street, and the Hindu Council branch for your town is the first call to make.

Questions people ask

Where is the Hindu temple in Nairobi?
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is on Prof. Wangari Maathai Road, formerly Forest Road, in Parklands; BAPS gives visiting hours of 08:00–12:00 and 16:00–20:00. The East Africa Satsang Swaminarayan Temple, built in 1945, is on Swaminarayan Road in Parklands, the Cutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple is in Langata, and ISKCON is on Ngara Road.
Is there an ISKCON temple in Kenya?
Yes. ISKCON Nairobi (Sri Sri Radha Bankebihari Mandir) is on Ngara Road and runs Sunday classes for children and youth from 12:30 to 14:00. ISKCON Mombasa’s New Dwarikadham Temple is in Nyali, and ISKCON’s directory also lists a centre in Kisumu.
Is there a gurdwara in Nairobi?
Yes, three. The Siri Guru Singh Sabha on Uyoma Street in the centre opened its present building in November 1963 and holds a diwan on Sundays; the Ramgarhia gurdwaras are in Pangani and South C. None publishes a timetable, so ring ahead.
Is the langar at Makindu Sikh Temple free?
Yes. The gurdwara, about 170 km from Nairobi on the Mombasa road, serves free langar to travellers of any faith, reported as running around the clock, and The Review of Religions says it offers free lodging for two nights; donations are voluntary. It publishes no timetable or booking system, so treat the two-night limit as unconfirmed.
Where are the Hindu and Jain temples in Mombasa?
The Hindu Union’s Shiva Temple is in Makadara; the Cutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple and the BAPS mandir are both on Haile Selassie Road; ISKCON’s New Dwarikadham Temple is in Nyali. The Jain derasar of the Shree Swetamber Derawasi Jain Sangh, consecrated in 1963, is in the Old Town between Digo Road and Langoni Road.
Is there a Jain temple in Nairobi?
Yes. The Visa Oshwal Community’s Munisuvrat Jinalaya on Limuru Road was consecrated in February 1984. The older Jainshala Derasar, Nairobi’s first Jain temple, was closed in February 2021 and its murtis moved to Limuru Road. Kenya also has derasars in Mombasa, Nakuru and Thika.
Is there a Hindu temple in Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret or Thika?
Yes. Kisumu has a BAPS mandir on Okore Road and a Swaminarayan mandir; Nakuru has BAPS on Masaai Avenue and a Visa Oshwal Jain temple; Eldoret has BAPS on Tagore Road and a Swaminarayan mandir on Ramogi Drive; Thika has the Shree Hindu Sanatan Dharama Mandir (1945), a BAPS mandir opened in May 2022 and a Jain derasar.
Is Diwali a public holiday in Kenya, and when is Diwali 2026?
No. Diwali 2026 is Sunday 8 November, and it is not a Kenyan public holiday: President Ruto said at State House in October 2024 that his government would decide on making it one and that a change would have to go to Parliament. The Hindu Council of Kenya had no event listed on 30 October, so ask your temple for its programme.
What is the Hindu Council of Kenya?
It is the umbrella body for Hindu organisations, founded in 1971, with an office in Nairobi and branches in Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Thika (Mount Kenya) and Eldoret. Its 2026–27 member list names about sixty temples, samajs and associations, but gives no addresses.
How do I find a pandit in Kenya?
Ask at the temple or samaj of your community, such as the BAPS or Swaminarayan temples for Gujarati families, or at the Hindu Council’s Nairobi office, which lists its member bodies. Temples announce their own programmes a few weeks ahead.

Sources

Checked on October 30, 2026. When a temple’s own page and this list disagree, the temple wins.

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