Thiru Subramaniyar Temple

Thiru Subramaniyar Temple of Auckland was established by New Zealand Hindu Temple Society in 1996 at 41 Stanhope Road, Mt Wellington. Special poojas are conducted on every festival, apart from temple poojas we do community service under the name Aalyam Community service.

In 2005, we purchased a land of 2198 sq metre at 69 Tidal Road, Mangere in 2005 to build a Temple for our ever expanding devotees requirement. We also brought hand carved granite stone murthis of deities like Subramaniya, Balaji (Venkatachalapthy), Shiva Lingam, Bhuvaneswari, Saraswathi, Garudalvaar, Hanuman, Bhairavar, Muneeswaran and Madurai Veeran (First Grama devata for NZ) along with their vaganas – Peacock, Mushik and Nandhi.

The presiding deities are five and a half feet tall and our Ganesa is one of the biggest in South Pacific, which was donated by H.H Sivaya Subramuniya Swamigal of Hawaii Adheenam. These hand carvings are modern wonders of ancient art.

Bhoomi pooja was done in 2012 at 69 Tidal Road and now the temple construction is in full swing. Side walls and roof are in place and construction of brick walls around the temple is happening while we were writing this article. The temple will be ready for devotees within couple of months.

The above all laurels are dedicated to almighty for blessing us on right time with right people like all our devotees who supporting and sponsoring for us to construct new Murugan temple in Auckland. In Tamil Nadu temple construction reached its peak during rule of Pallava, Chola and Pandaya period (8th to 15th century). During that time kings and rich landlords were the ones were able to build temples. Today this opportunity is presented in front of us; like the Kings who constructed temples in their kingdom, here we have an opportunity to build our own temple in NZ.

With this Temple edifice journey we humbly request you to donate generously on your behalf and be part of this journey. The donors are requested to direct credit the amount into ASB bank account – 12 3077 05313050 00 or through our website www.aalayam.co.nz “Donate Now” and email rrajaguru@gmail.com, Treasurer on 027 272 1651. Once we receive payment, he will issue a receipt as soon as possible. We hold charitable status as per IRD and talk to your accountant about your tax rebate eligibility.

“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success“

Executive Committee
President - Ilango Krishnamoorthy,
Email: ilango@merc.co.nz, Mob: 021 739 879

Vice President - Subbiah Mahalingam
Email: yessubbiah@gmail.com, Mob: 021 205 0347

Secretary -Charanya Aravinthan,
charanya.mkrishnan@gmail.com, Mob: 0210253 0397

Treasurer- Rajaguru Rajamanickam,
Email: rrajaguru@gmail.com, Mob: 027 272 1651

Chairperson for Festival and Events - Rajkumar Velu,
Email: rajkumar7.v@gmail.com, Mob: 022 187 3807