Albouystown Hindu Temple stands in Georgetown, Guyana, honours .
Recognised by Guyana's National Trust as the first Hindu temple built in the city of Georgetown, it stands as a foundational landmark of institutionalised Hindu worship in a country that today has the highest proportion of Hindus of any nation outside South Asia. In the early twentieth century, East Indian indentured immigrants in Georgetown lacked adequate facilities to practise their faith openly.
Guyana carries a distinct temple identity of its own: The country with the highest percentage of Hindus of any nation outside South Asia, where Indian indentured labourers built Georgetown's first Hindu temple within decades of their arrival in 1838.
Darshan hours and daily worship
Published sources do not give a single clean daily window for this temple; see the notes below for what is documented.
Public visiting hours are not published; the temple functions as an active place of worship for the local community.
History and architecture
Architecture
A colonial era Christian-Creole style building, closely resembling the Christian church architecture common in British Guiana at the time
History
In the early twentieth century, East Indian indentured immigrants in Georgetown lacked adequate facilities to practise their faith openly. Pandit Ramsaroop Maraj, a descendant of indentured immigrants, founded the Hindu Religious Society on 21 April 1921 with the goal of operating a temple, a school and a Dharma Shala in the Albouystown area. He laid the temple's cornerstone in 1922, and construction was completed by 1923.
Planning your visit
How to reach
Located at the corner of King Edward and James Streets, Albouystown, Georgetown.
Where this information comes from
Confidence: Medium. Core facts are drawn from Guyana's National Trust heritage listing, but the temple's current operating details (timings, festivals, entry) are not independently documented online