Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago (Rama Temple), Lemont
हिंदू टेंपल ऑफ़ ग्रेटर शिकागो (राम मंदिर), लेमॉन्ट
📍 Lemont (Chicago), Illinois
🪔 Far away today? Offer an online puja to Shri Ram Darbar →A hilltop temple complex south-west of Chicago, consecrated on 4 July 1986, with a Rama temple, a Ganesha-Shiva-Durga temple and a bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda.
शिकागो के दक्षिण-पश्चिम में पहाड़ी पर मंदिर परिसर — 4 जुलाई 1986 को प्रतिष्ठित; राम मंदिर, गणेश-शिव-दुर्गा मंदिर और स्वामी विवेकानंद की कांस्य प्रतिमा।
इतिहास History
South Indian community leaders formed the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in 1977 and chose Rama as its deity for his wide appeal. After looking at about thirty sites they bought eighteen acres of bluff land near Lemont; the foundation stone was laid in June 1984, and the Rama temple was consecrated with a kumbhabhishekam on 4 July 1986.
In 1994 the original building on the site became a temple for Ganesha, Shiva and Durga. The Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Center holds yoga, meditation and talks, and beside it stands a 10-foot bronze of Vivekananda, recalling his famous 1893 addresses at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
दर्शन की जानकारी Before you go
- Hours
- Open daily 9 am – 9 pm. The first archana is at 10:30 am and the last at 8:30 pm.
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
- The Rama temple, with Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman, Balaji, Mahalakshmi and Radha-Krishna
- The Ganesha-Shiva-Durga temple, with Nataraja, Subrahmanya, Ayyappa and the Navagrahas
- The 10-foot bronze of Swami Vivekananda
- The Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Center
उत्सव Festivals
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