Bedford Hindu Temple is a place of worship for the Hindu Community with a community centre for the residents in Bedford and surrounding areas in Bedfordshire. 

Aims and Objectives

• Build a cohesive group of Hindu Community from the diverse regional, languages & religious practices

• raising awareness and understanding of Hindu way of life, not limiting to, religious beliefs and practices

• Provide a central Community Centre where we have facilities for arts, music, dance, Yoga etc.

• Carrying out missionary and outreach work; supporting other charities especially in feeding of poor and displaced/homeless persons

• The provision of places for the Hindu community to use for cultural activities 

• The provision of places for the community to use for health and wellbeing activities such as for Spiritual Needs, Meditation, Mental Health and Health Clinics

• Run a community kitchen open to all communities (irrespective of religious beliefs) for fund raising activities

• Provide a much-needed place of worship for the Hindu Community

History

The idea of building a temple was started off as a small friendly discussion amongst the Hindu community living in and around Bedford.  We realised that it was a need for many to have a dedicated place for Hindu community for their cultural activities.

Thus a signature campaign was done at Pongal to ascertain the number of interested parties before taking active steps.  A very promising number of respondents showed interest in taking up such an ambitious project.

We acquired the site considering accessibility of the location, parking, transportation facilities and necessary planning permission from council.  A large number of enthusiastic volunteers have jumped in to provide necessary help in building this temple becoming a reality today.

On the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturti on 2021, we have conducted Kumbabhishekam and inaugurated our temple for public use.

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