Hindu temples in Mauritius

Plaines Wilhems has more Hindus than any other district (149,521 at the 2022 census, 43.9% of its residents), and the Metro Express runs through Quatre Bornes, Phoenix, Vacoas and Curepipe. We could not confirm another kovil or mandir with an address and a source in Rose Hill, Beau Bassin or Curepipe, so this list is short; ask at the places below.

• HinduTamil Saiva (Murugan)

  Siva Subramanya Temple (Kovil Montagne)

  Address

  Corps de Garde mountain, La Source, Quatre Bornes · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A Murugan temple on the slopes of Corps de Garde, begun around 1897 by the indentured labourer Velamurugan, who bought half an acre of mountain land for Rs 30. The Hindoo Tamulall Siva Soopramanien Benevolent Society runs it, and has run the Mariamman temple at Berthaud, Quatre Bornes, since 1946; Mauritian travel listings call it a pilgrimage site at Thaipoosam Cavadee. We found no current timetable: Kaumaram.com lists 05:30–06:30 and 17:30–19:00, travel guides give 05:00–18:00, and the temple’s old website now redirects to Facebook.

• HinduISKCON

  ISKCON Phoenix — Hare Krishna Land

  Address

  Hare Krishna Land, Srila Prabhupada Street, Pont Fer, Vacoas-Phoenix · Directions

  When

  Sunday love feast 14:30–17:30, with a children’s gurukul (ISKCON Centres directory)

  ISKCON’s centre for the central towns, near the Phoenix Les Halles and Jumbo Phoenix malls. President Dharambeer Gokhool visited on 8 August 2026 for ISKCON’s 60th anniversary, and a Temple of Unity is under construction on the site.

• HinduSanatan Dharma

  Hari Hara Devasthanam (Venkateswara statue)

  Address

  16th Mile (Seizième Mille), Forest Side, Curepipe · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  The temple founded by Acharya Brundavanam Partha Sarathi, with a 33 m (108 ft) statue of Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu, unveiled by the Prime Minister on Sunday 1 July 2018; about 500 workers came from India and the build took three years. A smaller black-stone Panchamukhi Hanuman statue stands on the site. We found no street address and no published hours.

Port Louis district is 19.5% Hindu and 40.9% Muslim (2022 census), so the Hindu places lie more in the suburbs and the towns around it than in the centre. The Arya Sabha Mauritius has its headquarters in the city, but we could not confirm a temple address for it (see the notes).

• HinduTamil Saiva

  Sockalingum Meenatchee Ammen Kovil (Kaylasson Temple)

  Address

  Sainte Croix, Port Louis · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  Described by Lonely Planet’s French guide as the oldest Tamil temple on the island: 27 Tamil businessmen bought the 13-acre site in 1854 (Onmanorama) and Mautourco dates its consecration to 1860. Shiva and Parvati are worshipped as Sockalingum and Meenakshi Amman in a Dravidian temple that a priest says follows Madurai’s Meenakshi temple, and the temple runs Tamil classes for children. Le Mauricien’s 2023 account of Cavadee names it as a starting point for processions. No street number or timetable is published; a 1989 reference gives Nicolay Road.

Rivière du Rempart district is 63.8% Hindu and Pamplemousses 54.9% (2022 census). Triolet is the village from which the first Maha Shivaratree walk to Grand Bassin is said to have set out.

• HinduShaiva

  Maheswarnath Mandir (Grand Shivala)

  Address

  Shivala Road, Triolet · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  Founded in 1888 by Pandit Sajeebunlall Ramsoondur on the site of a disused sugar factory, with building work running to 1891; Wikipedia calls it the largest Hindu temple on the island. Shiva is the main deity, with shrines to Vishnu, Durga, Lakshmi and Hanuman and a Kashi Vishwanath shrine holding a small lingam from Varanasi, and the founder’s samadhi is near the entrance. The temple publishes no timetable; a Google listing shows 05:00–18:00, and until 19:30 on Mondays.

• HinduTamil Saiva

  Siva Supramaniar Kovil, Goodlands

  Address

  Goodlands · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A Shiva temple whose building of the 1940s was demolished and rebuilt in South Indian style by workers from India — first stone 24 November 2006, consecration 23 November 2008 — and one of the few in Mauritius to show the 108 tandava poses of Shiva’s dance (Hinduism Today). The Siva Supramaniar Kovil Society runs it. Our sources date from 2008, and a map listing shows a Siva Soopramaniar Kovil at Bel-Air Rivière Sèche in Flacq district, which may be a different temple, so confirm before travelling.

• HinduISKCON

  ISKCON Sri Jagannath Mandir

  Address

  Royal Road, Morcellement St André, Pamplemousses · Directions

  When

  Mangal arati 04:30–05:00 and Gaura arati 19:00–19:30 daily; Sunday feast once a month, 14:30–17:00 (ISKCON Centres directory)

  It opened in 2005 in a small building on Royal Road, and Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra were installed in 2006. Ratha Yatra, Snana Yatra and Janmashtami are kept each year, and the temple’s website was still posting in June 2026.

  Website

• HinduISKCON

  ISKCON Sri Pancha Tattva Mandir

  Address

  B11, Fond du Sac, Pamplemousses · Directions

  When

  Sunday feast 14:00–16:00; daily mangal and Gaura arati, times not published (ISKCON Centres directory)

  One of the five ISKCON centres on the island, in the north; the directory gives no history or contact details beyond the address and the Sunday feast.

The lake and its two 33 m statues stand together in the crater, in the south of the island. It is a place of pilgrimage as well as a stop for visitors, so dress conservatively.

• Hindu

  Ganga Talao (Grand Bassin) — Shiva temple and lakeside shrines

  Address

  Grand Bassin (Ganga Talao), Savanne district · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A crater lake about 550 m above sea level and the most sacred Hindu site on the island, with shrines to Shiva, Hanuman, Ganesh, Lakshmi and other deities on its shore. Pandit Jhummun Giri of Triolet is said to have dreamed in 1887 (some accounts say the 1890s) that its water flowed from the Ganges, the first walking pilgrims came in 1898, and in 1972 Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam added Ganges water and renamed it. At Maha Shivaratree pilgrims in white walk here from all over the island carrying kanwars; on 12 March 2025 India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, poured Ganges water from the Prayagraj Mahakumbh into the lake. We found no published hours.

• Hindu

  Mangal Mahadev (Shiva statue)

  Address

  Entrance to Ganga Talao, Grand Bassin, Savanne district · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A 33 m (108 ft) statue of Shiva holding a trident, finished in 2007 and unveiled at Maha Shivaratree 2008; it is the tallest statue in Mauritius and a copy of the one at Sursagar Lake in Vadodara, Gujarat. At Maha Shivaratree pilgrims pray at its foot, many of them having walked barefoot from home.

• Hindu

  Maa Durga statue, Grand Bassin

  Address

  Grand Bassin (Ganga Talao), Savanne district, a few metres from the Shiva statue · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A 33 m (108 ft) statue of Durga with a lion beside her; building began in 2011 and it was unveiled in late 2017 with a Durga Puja celebration. It was paid for by donations and uses about 400 tonnes of iron and 2,000 m³ of concrete (Sunlife).

Flacq district is 66.3% Hindu (2022 census). We could not confirm a Tamil kovil in Flacq with an address and a source, so the one kovil listed in this region is Mahébourg’s.

• Hindu

  Sagar Shiv Mandir

  Address

  Goyave de Chine islet (Île aux Goyaviers), Poste de Flacq · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A Shiva temple on a small islet, joined to the shore at Poste de Flacq by a causeway, with a 33 m (108 ft) Shiva statue; Wikipedia gives 2007 and names Vikash Gunowa as its builder. Hindu worshippers and tourists both come. Lonely Planet’s French guide lists it as open daily from sunrise to sunset and asks visitors to avoid very casual clothing and to take off their shoes if asked.

• HinduISKCON

  ISKCON Vedic Farm, Bon Accueil

  Address

  Hare Krsna ISKCON Temple, Bon Accueil, Flacq · Directions

  When

  Sunday feast 14:30–17:30; daily aratis, times not published (ISKCON Centres directory)

  ISKCON’s farm temple in the countryside, ten minutes from Central Flacq, on land donated by Shri Gowtam Teelock: a temple, a farm, a goshala (cow shelter) and a biogas plant that supplies manure and cooking gas. ISKCON News, which calls the Bon Accueil temple Krishna Balaram Mandir, reports a week of gatherings there in September 2024.

• HinduTamil

  Vinayagar Seedalamen Kovil

  Address

  Beau Vallon, Mahébourg · Directions

  When

  No hours published — ring or ask before a first visit

  A Tamil temple on the outskirts of Mahébourg that a map listing describes as a Ganesha temple; Marion Meisig’s 2001 study found Sitala Amman in the sanctum and Ganesha only on the dome, despite the name. It is often visited with the Mahébourg museum. Our sources are the 2001 study and a map listing, and we found no timetable or street address, so confirm before travelling.

• HinduISKCON

  ISKCON Rose Belle

  Address

  Mosque Road, Rose Belle, Grand Port · Directions

  When

  Sunday feast 14:00–17:30; Srimad-Bhagavatam class Fridays 19:00–22:00 (ISKCON Centres directory)

  ISKCON’s centre for the south. Main festivals are usually kept on the Sunday after the day itself, with lamp offerings in the evenings of Kartik; an older directory writes the street as Shivala Lane.