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A directory framework for learning about spiritual and heritage places and planning respectful visits. Verified map-listed temples and other spiritual places will be added after location, history and visitor sources are reviewed.
Find a place
Future entries can be browsed by locality, tradition, place type and confirmed accessibility features. Nerul and Sanpada are initial research areas. No place is asserted as verified on this framework page.
What every entry will cover
- Name, exact map-listed identity, address, locality and location source.
- Documented history and architecture, with sources for each claim.
- Archaeological evidence, separately attributed scripture, tradition, oral accounts and belief.
- Opening and worship timings, exceptions, source and last confirmation date.
- Step-free entrance, internal routes, toilets, seating and assistance, confirmed separately.
- Festivals, visitor conduct and photography rules using current management sources.
- Management and public contact details from authorised public sources.
- Nearby transport, food, water, toilets and other visitor needs with dated verification.
History, tradition and belief
Documented history identifies records and scholarship. Traditional or oral accounts are explicitly attributed and are not presented as independently proven events. Disputed claims are labelled; unsupported dates, legends, miracles and caste attributes are excluded.
Before you visit
Confirm timings and accessibility with management. A map listing is a discovery source; it does not establish ownership, historical age, current opening hours or accessibility.
Plan the rest of your visit
Visitor planning connects heritage learning to transport, meals, stays and practical needs. Share a visitor requirement as an optional enquiry, not a confirmed booking or promise of provider availability. Commercial enquiries remain separate from cultural coverage.
Directory status
Framework established. Management source records are available below, including Sri Ayyappa Temple with field-specific official-source verification; map, access and independent history checks remain pending.
Management source register
Reviewed on 1 October 2026. Source checks below cover only the named fields. They do not make a place a fully verified directory listing.
ISKCON Kharghar — initial source record
- Location reported by management: Hare Krishna Land, Sector 23, Central Park, opposite Golf Course, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 410210. Official management website and contact section.
- Daily timetable reported by management: opens at 4:15 am, closes from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and closes for the night at 9:00 pm. Official timetable. Confirm the day’s darshan availability and festival exceptions before travelling.
- History and religious interpretation: Management’s temple account is an institutional account. Historical dates and architectural attribution await claim-specific documentary review; devotional assertions are not presented as historical proof.
- Visitor needs: management links to a restaurant and guesthouse on its website. Current availability, prices and access have not been verified.
- Pending: exact map-listing match, step-free routes, toilets, seating, assistance, photography rules, transport routes and independently documented history.
Regional research source
Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Thane District provides regional research material. Check each volume’s publication period and administrative boundaries. Older gazetteer terminology, community descriptions and traditions require critical reading and corroboration; they must not be copied as present-day facts or used to date a specific temple without supporting evidence.
Sri Ayyappa Temple — Sector 17, Nerul
Official management fields checked: 10 October 2026. Address, contact, daily timings and the programme below are verified against the temple’s published sources. Transport, accessibility, parking and independent historical corroboration remain unverified.
Address: Plot 182 A/A1/B/D, Swami Ayyappa Mandir Chowk, Sector 17, Nerul, Navi Mumbai 400706. Contact: 9326683877. Official contact and address source.
Daily timings: 5:30–11:00 AM and 5:30–9:00 PM. Official temple timetable and programme. Verify timings, offering cutoffs and special-event access before visiting.
Current management-published event
Srimad Devi Bhagavatha Navaha Yajnam: 9–18 October 2026. The published programme for 10–18 October runs from 6:15 AM to 6:00 PM. These programme hours are distinct from normal daily opening hours; confirm attendance arrangements directly with management.
Management-published history
The temple’s institutional history records construction in December 1995, consecration on 19 June 1996 and reconsecration after reconstruction in July 2013. These dates are attributed to management.
Independently verified history
Independent documentary corroboration of those historical dates has not been established in this record. The management account is not archaeological proof; devotional beliefs are not presented as independently proven historical events.
Festivals and visiting arrangements
The official festivals page lists Pratishta Day Mahotsav, Mandala Pooja and Temple Mahotsav, Maha Shivaratri, Ganesh Chaturthi, Makar Sankranti, Ram Navami, Janmashtami and Navaratri. Check current notices for dates and arrangements.
- Nearest station and transport: nearest-station ranking, walking route, distance and current bus services are not verified. Confirm the approach to the Sector 17 address before travel.
- Accessibility: step-free entrance, internal routes, toilets, seating and assistance are not verified. Contact management about your specific needs.
- Parking: availability, permissions and event restrictions are not verified; do not assume onsite parking.
Verify before visit: call management to confirm timings, event access, accessibility, parking and photography rules.
Nearby visitor needs: plan transport, food/water and stay checks · visitor-needs guidance · submit a transport, meal, stay or assistance requirement. These are optional enquiries, not verified nearby businesses or confirmed bookings. Cultural coverage remains separate from commercial enquiries.