"The Lord resides where His devotees collectively pray and worship Him. A beautiful temple and a pleasing image are essential for the Divine to dwell in. The Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa has built an impressive temple to accommodate the ever-increasing number of devotees for their spiritual practices. I hope this universal temple will inspire people to understand and emulate Sri Ramakrishna's message to attain peace and blessedness in life. May Sri Ramakrishna abide in this temple forever and bless the devotees and seekers of God in Durban and regions around it."

Sri Ramakrishna Temple

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The Sri Ramakrishna Temple and Ashram Complex in Glen Anil, Durban, is the Headquarters of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa. It provides the infrastructure to continue the Centre's many spiritual and humanitarian activities. The Temple was dedicated to Sri Ramakrishna and the Ashram was officially opened during a grand three-day programme from 21-23 July 1995. The temple's seating capacity is 350.

Ashram Complex

The Ashram Complex houses the following facilities: Sri Ramakrishna Temple, Adminstration block, Swami Vivekananda Reference Library, Bookshop, Ramakrishna Clinic of South Africa, Swami Adbhutananda I.T. Room, Swami Abhedananda Lecture Room, Swami Nischalanda Hall, Guru Kripa Monks quarters, Surya Dham Living quarters, Anna Purna Kitchen.

For a roadmap to the Centre please click here.

Swami Nischalananda Hall

An outside look of the Swami Nischalananda Hall

In 2000, the Centre completed its hall project on the property of its Headquarters, Glen Anil. The hall has a seating capacity for 600 persons, a stage and change rooms. It also has a separate feeding wing and kitchen facility that caters for 600 guests. The hall was officially opened in 2001 by His Holiness Sri Swami Veetamohananda (President - Centre Vedantique Ramakrishna, Gretz, France). The Hall is used for the Centre's regular programmes such as major public functions, Vedanta retreats, seminars, children's religious education, youth programmes, karate classes, medical education etc.

Management and Administration

The Centre's President and Vice-President are monastic members of the Ramakrishna Order who are appointed by the Trustees of the Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, West Bengal, India. The control, adminstration and management of all the affairs of the Centre is vested in and conducted by the Board of Management, which is composed of the Trustees, Chairperson, General Secretary and twenty members. The Board meets bi-monthly. The Executive Committee of the Board, meets on a weekly basis to manage the operations of the Centre. In March the Annual General Meeting is held. The financial statements are audited by a firm of external and independent chartered accountants.

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