Hari mandir
Shree Sanatan Dharam Sabha (Regd.), Geeta Bhavan, Hari Mandir, commonly known as Hari Mandir (Devnagari: हरि मंदिर, मुंबई), is a Hindu temple (mandir) dedicated to Lord Ram and Krishna. It is located in Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar, Mumbai, India. Established in 1950 and rebuilt in 1980, it is one of the oldest and most famous temples in the locality from Sion–Chembur to Wadala–Matunga.
History:
In the year 1947 after the Partition of India, which was the worst massacre of the 20th century millions of refugees came to India. Among them around 1000 human beings moved to Mumbai (previously known as Bombay). They were barefooted,starving and in search of a place to live. They found a camp in the military barracks of Guru Tegh Bahadur Nagar. After settling down,they felt the need to open a place of religious worship. In late 1947 people gathered and brought idols from their house and started praying. Mats-carpets were in the name of wall and tin-sheet for roof and established a raw temple(Mandir). On 13 April 1950 a proper structural temple created and was named as “Hari Mandir”. In Year 1953 mandir received Land from Government of India and established a proper temple also registered a trust named as “Shree Sanatan Dharam Sabha (Regd.) Mumbai” In 1980 trust installed new moorti (idols) of Lord Shree Ram, Mata Sita, Laxmiji, Hanumanji, Shree Radhe-Krishna, Matarani, Mahadev Shivji and Mata Parvati which is present till date.
Structure:
The present structure of Hari Mandir was a rebuild of year 2000, The temple has three spires on top of three main shrines adjacent to each other. On the left side shrine there are idols of Shiva–Parvati, center shrine has idols of Ram Darba (i.e. Rama–Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman) with Radhe–Krishna while shrine of right has idols of Durga and Santoshi Mata. Temple also has separate idols of deity Ganpati & Hanumanji on Left & Right side respectively with Mata Yamuna, Mata Ganga, Saraswati Mata, Bharat Mata and Gayatri Mata surrounded. The three main shrines is also surrounded by the Carving Structure of Story of Lord Shree Ram (Ramayan). Temple has a separate shrine dedicated to Lord Shiv in form of Shivling. There is an air-conditioned hall on the first floor for the purpose of religious & social discourses. The whole Temple is secured by CCTV cameras which were installed in year 2009.
Festivals:
Every Hindu Festival is celebrated, but the main festivals are Ram Navmi, Krishna Janmashtami, Navratri and Hanuman Jayanti. Every year 7 days Shrimad Bhagwat Katha is organized before Shree Krishna Janmashtami which is very popular in locality. Also a huge crowd of devotees can been seen at the time of Shree Ram Navmi where bhandara(Community Fest) is organized. Nine Day Navratri is celebrated in a grand way where every evening there is a Mata Ki Chowki being performed by different artists.
How to reach:
Sion Koliwada, Mumbai .
