Ganesh Temple (Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapati Devasthanam), Flushing
श्री महा वल्लभ गणपति देवस्थानम्, फ्लशिंग
📍 Flushing, Queens (New York City), New York
🪔 Far away today? Offer an online puja to Shri Ganesh →New York's Ganesh Temple, consecrated on 4 July 1977 on the site of a former Russian Orthodox church, and one of the two oldest traditional Hindu temples built by Indian immigrants in America.
न्यूयॉर्क का गणेश मंदिर — 4 जुलाई 1977 को प्रतिष्ठित, अमेरिका में भारतीय प्रवासियों द्वारा बने दो सबसे पुराने पारंपरिक हिंदू मंदिरों में से एक।
इतिहास History
The Hindu Temple Society of North America grew out of meetings in the living room of Alagappa Alagappan and was founded in 1970. It bought the site of a former Russian Orthodox church in Flushing and built a temple whose face recalls the temples of South India.
The temple was consecrated on 4 July 1977 and reconsecrated in 2009. Beside Ganapati it now holds sannidhis for Venkateswara, Shiva and Parvati, Durga, Murugan, Hanuman, the Navagrahas and many more. The Temple Canteen downstairs, opened in 1993, feeds thousands of people every week.
दर्शन की जानकारी Before you go
- Hours
- Mon – Fri 8 am – 8:30 pm; Sat – Sun 7:30 am – 8:30 pm.
- Photos
- No photos, video, phones or other devices inside the Maha Mantapam.
- Food
- The Temple Canteen downstairs serves South Indian vegetarian food. Homemade or outside food can't be shared on the premises.
- Wash your hands and feet in the basement washing area before you go in
- Don't touch the deities or the sannidhi walls; only the priests chant inside
- Milk, fruit, flowers and honey may be left in the baskets at the sannidhis
From the temple’s official website, checked in October 2026. Hours change for festivals and seasons, so confirm on the temple’s site or by phone before you travel. General temple etiquette →
दर्शनीय Don’t miss
- Maha Vallabha Ganapati and more than thirty other sannidhis
- The Temple Canteen's dosa, idli and vada, a Queens institution
- Carved forms of Ganapati on the temple's facade
- The Ganesha Patasala, with classes for children since 1998
उत्सव Festivals
Photo: Alex Lozupone · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons