Type of centre: Temple

Contact details
Address: ISKCON of Dallas
5340 Gurley Ave,
Dallas, TX 75223
USA
Ph: +1-(214)-8276330 / 6333
Fax: +1-(214)-8237264
E-mail: TXkrishnas@aol.com
Website:www.radhakalachandji.com

History of Dallas Temple
The first group of devotees came to Dallas, Texas in the fall of 1970 and established a preaching centre at 5108 Mission Street. This was shortly after a multi-yoga conference in Denver.

In the spring of 1971, the devotees moved the centre to Turtle Creek, a more fashionable district of Dallas and rented a small building for a few months. In late 1971,with the approval of Srila Prabhupada, they bought a former church property (Mount Auburn Christian Church).

In 1972, the Deities Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandaji were officially installed in the newly purchased Dallas Temple by Srila Prabhupada himself. Srila Prabhupada came to Dallas two weeks before the actual installation, to show the devotees how to do everything properly. The Deity of Sri Kalachandji is the oldest Deity form of Krishna found outside of India (500 years old) and is the main presiding Deity at the Dallas Temple.

Renovation of the temple began in 1979 and was completed in 1981. The restaurant was built soon afterwards.

After Srila Prabhupada passed away in 1977, many of the devotee members of the famous Radha-Damodara Sankirtana Party came to stay in Dallas and Houston. Today, more than 15,000 followers now live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. There are presently 25 temple-owned homes in the immediate neighbourhood which have became models of community redevelopment. The Gurukula continues to provide education from elementary through junior high levels, and Kalachandji's restaurant is ranked among the cities best. By the grace of Lord Krishna and Srila Prabhupada, the devotees of the Dallas Hare Krishna temple continue to maintain high standards of preaching and worship, as demonstrated by their enthusiastic Sunday Feast program.

Deities

Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji, installed 1972

Sri Sri Radha Govinda

Sri Sri Jagannatha-Baladeva-Subhadra

Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

Facilities

Kalachandji School
The Dallas Hare Krishna Temple is the site of Srila Prabhupada's first gurukula, a school for children run by devotees of Lord Krishna according to Vedic standards of education. Srila Prabhupada had wanted his disciples to establish gurukulas all over the world where children could receive first-class training in both material and spiritual knowledge.

Today, the Dallas gurukula offers children a drug-free, violence-free environment in which they can learn a full line of academics from grade levels K - 8th grade. A day's studies typically include Mathematics, English, Drama, Science, History, Logic, and mapping skills. In addition to these traditional subjects, the curriculum also includes stories from the Vedic literatures, and children are taught to memorise verses from such texts as the Bhagavad-gita. All graduates of Kalachandji School who went on to other high schools graduated with Honours.

If you are interested in enrolling your child, or if you would like more information on Kalachandji School, please call Mother Jayanti at (214) 821-6402.

Kalachandji's Restaurant and Gift Shop
Restaurant Hours
Tuesday–Friday: 11.30–2.00pm
Saturday: 12.00–3.00pm
Tuesday–Saturday: 5.30–9.00pm
Sunday: 5.30–9.00pm

Lunch-buffet price range $4.95–$6.95
Dinner buffet $5.95–$9.95
Sunday Feast: $6.00

Other Information:

ISKCON Food for Life
The Dallas Hare Krishna temple maintains an active Food for Life programme. Devotees travel downtown twice weekly and serve out transcendental, vegetarian meals to the poor and needy. Help in the form of time or money is always welcome.

To contribute to the Food for Life programme in Dallas, please call (214) 827-6330 and leave a message for Durasaya Dasa.

Home Preaching Programmes
Devotees at the Dallas Hare Krishna Temple are always happy to speak on the subject of Krishna-consciousness and such scriptures as Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.

If you would like devotees to visit your home for such a programme, please do not
hesitate to call the Temple at (214) 827-6330 or send e-mail to txkrishnas@aol.com.

How to get there

From North Dallas: Go South on either 35E or 75, then get onto 30 East. As you get to Fairpark, take Exit 48B East Grand/Barry/Munger. Left on East Grand (it's the second stoplight). Go under the bridge, then left again, remain on the service road. After passing the Comerica bank take a right onto Gurley Avenue. The temple will appear on your right side.

From East Dallas: Get onto 30 West. Take East Grand Exit. Go past East Grand. After passing the Comerica bank take a right onto Gurley Avenue. The temple will appear on your right side.

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