Friday, June 22, 2012

Double headed Swan

Double headed Swan

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Hindu temples at Essen near Dussledorf

There is a beautiful Hindu temple at Essen 

Essen
Dharam Kendre Mandir
Verein afghanischer Hindus in Deutschland e.V
Burggrafenstr.10
45139 Essen
Tel: +49-201-24 87 220
Web: Hindu-tempel-essen.com

ITs easy to reach the Temple by Public transport /

Get down at Essen HBf and take essen west exit.  The bus stop is right outside the exit door.
you will arrive under the bridge (which will also be a good protection against cold and rain)

there are two buses
Bus 155 has a frequency of about 15 minutes on Weekends (till about 5 pm in summer)
get down at Corner of Gerlingstrasse, take a left on the Burggrafenstr and walk for about 300 mts.


bus 166 has a frequency of about 30 minutes from Essen Banhof
get down at Burggrafenstr. bus stop (about 5 stops) and walk straing back on the road, cross two signals (about 500 mts) and you reach the temple/

i was informed that the temple opens on weekends, Mondays , Tuesdays and Thursday
The temple has Sheevling, idols of  shankar-parvati, ganeshjee, maataajee, ram-laxman-jaanki , hanumaanee and radha-krishna.

you are advised to check temple timings with them.

Generally on sunday the temple opens at about 11, Aarti is about 3:00 and Prasad (langar) from 3:30 onwards. temple closes about 7:00 pm however most people leave by 5:00 pm.

On Saturdays the Temple opens around 3:00 PM and aarti is around 3:30.

temple would be open for longer period during festival days like Diwali , ram navami , janmashthmi , Navaratri etc

The Temple has been built with dedication and efforts by The Hindus migrated from Afghanistan many years back.



for bahn routes in english

  http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/dn?logoutUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fmaps.nokia.com&bopabr=1&bopobu=1&language=e&dbkanal_004=L01_S02_D001_KPK0000_ovi-mobilitaetsalternative-schneller_LZ03&S=D%C3%BCsseldorf%20Hbf&Z=Essen%20Hbf&hdbl=14441af53723c2e551fa38ba5a4aad5c&partner=999144_262065