Hindu Temple built with Traditional Architecture

Whenever I come from SA to Botswana, it is a must place to visit. The moment you step in you can feel the blessing. Appreciate the temple management for clean surrounding.

Amazing experience, the priest performs a prayer for you and is friendly and informative. Stunning temple, will definitely visit again

Simply wowwwww Fantastic temple that gives peace of mind. Really loved it.

A beautiful statue showcasing a great and important piece of history for the country. Would recommend all visitors to Gaborone check it out to learn about who stopped Botswana from becoming a part of South Africa.

Jay Balaji

Great historical place in the center of the upcoming Botswana Central Business District. There are other monuments at this landmark of great value to Botswana. These statutes are of the 3 chiefs that went to the United Kingdom to ask The queen to offer Botswana protection from invasion from the Boers whom where attacking from the south

Divine!

Wonderful history relayed to visitor like me. Nice Environment, sitting at the middle of the central business district Gaborone Botswana

Beautiful temple. The priest is helpful and welcoming.

Peaceful place

Lord Balaji Temple is the first full fledged South Indian Temple in Botswana. Its a first of its kind Temple in Dravidian Style of Architecture. The stone carved sculptures in the temple are very attractive. The temple is lively and performs pooja on regular basis. Many religious rituals and festive activities are regular affair here. Big crowds throng in during major hindu festivals. Its a must visit place in Botswana.

One of the best place to visit in Gaborone. Feel like we are in india. There is no entry fee and charge for darshan, if priest do special Pooja for you then only you have to pay nominally amount. Temple run on charity even that management maintain it very well. Feeling peace and blessed every time visit their.

Beautiful Temple in Botswana dedicated Lord Venketeshwara

Detail on the temple is amazing! Next time I'm going in just need to get the times right.

Just blessed to be at peace. The Priests are awesome 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💯 Must try BALAJI KITCHEN foods and their service to the temple and community are highly appreciated.

Biggest Hindu Temple in Southern African Region

They had a food festival. The Vada Sambhar was quite nice. Quite a good crowd and a nice vegetarian meal under a full moon :)

Calm and quite, well maintained Holy place

Divine

The auspicious place very inteligent priests with good chanting..

Beautiful chanting, the place to rejuvenate and absorb positive energy!

Very spiritual place

Hindu Balaji temple .

Must visit place

Scerene and Peaceful

Religious

A common place for expatriates in Botswana

Peace of mind

One of divine place in Botswana. Namo Narayana....

Maintained neatly. Get a feeling of devotion. Safety aspects have been improved.

Hole africa best temple in borswana

Very artistic building

If you love the south indian atmosphere during the worship of your deity. Balaji temple is on a league of its own.

Best Place to visit

Have been visting this place for ages. Nice place.

Very peaceful and quite place to worship

Amazing artwork. I am Christian but was able to appreciate the beauty. Learnt a lot about the religion

An architectural marvel and a must visit spiritual place for Hindus and those who appreciate Hindu temples and Culture.

Very restive

(Translated by Google) Iyoh (Original) Iyoh

very devine place

Peaceful place

Peaceful

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I like visiting Balaji temple an architectural marvel in Gaborone

Very nice

Divinity

Beautiful

Love it

Nice to photo

I love this place, it's relaxing...

Beautiful Temple ..best in Africa outside India

Fantastic

I had a great time here because it was something new it reminded me of my childhood and the books I used to read please carry water and snakes preferably an umbrella too it was extremely hot

Nice

Very clean and appealing

🌤

Armature

Very interesting place

Interesting historical monument

Met one guy who educated us on the history of the chiefs and Botswana. He was well equipped with knowledge and information to my surprise he even knew about some Kenyan history.

The guide was very helpful and quite informative. Looks well maintained too

Good and friendly people. Very neat place

It is a serene spot in the middle of Central Business District. It was built by North Koreans

Peaceful n quite gives peace of mind

A monumental place thore we restricted from being ourselves as a crazy bunch.

Beautiful place.

A great place to learn the History of Botswana

I learned a lot about our history the three kings,

Good place to visit to know history of Botswana Independence

It's an honorable monumental spot 👑 👑 👑! Great place for picture lovers & history junckies. Also perfect & inexpensive spot to host chilled day events too.

Amazing Botswana history. Really great experience and great photo opportunity if you have a good camera

Lovely memorial park. Very informative and looked after.

Something to improve your knowledge on Botswana's history

Rich history, well presented and the guide was exceptional (Samuel) in presenting a global timeline of history dating back centuries.

Very spiritual Temple, one of its kind. A humbling experience

Hinduism traditional workship, very peaceful. Prist are good

Well built temple that offers peace to our inner soul

Beautiful temple.. the stone carvings are just amazing

I loved it

State of the Art...

Very informative. Its hot in summer needs more shelter.

Great monument in the middle of the city

It's a historic site which you get to know the history of the land of Botswana

A great place to take pictures. As for information about the history monument, limited

A historical landmark in the heart of the heart of the city, CBD. Contains big statues of Botswana's three chiefs, whom were instrumental in Nation building. great place to visit there is a small cover charge and also a great place to host events, rates for renting the place are also very cheap.

What a wonderful place to visit,has got a lot of history

Worth visiting to appreciate the history of the three chiefs and their initiatives that led to Bechuanaland protectorate and Now the Republic of Botswana.

Fantastic!

Historic palace

Beautiful history

Yeah

Botswana's Pride a place to visit

This monumental sight was great; it was rich in history and it's in a very nice neighbour with some great buildings around. My only suggestions would be to create more shade and for the "Botswana50" to be fixed.

Historically made in the centre of the City

Very useful for understanding Botswana

I do not hate the Balaji Temple. The Trustees are only interested in making money. The meals are charged for R100. Entrance fee R30. You even have to pay the priest for blessing. There was a family that bought meal vouchers but the voucher was not present at the meal station. They refused to serve a meal, I offered my meal voucher because the person was diabetic. Botswana is very hot, the trustees provided water that was hot, no ice. After my wife and I had our meal, I took 2 x 500ml water. My wife had a bottle of water which had about 100ml left. The Master of Ceremonies approached me and told me to be considerate. That I should only take 1 bottle . I explained to him that it was for my wife. I eventually gave him both bottles. I also brought to the MC's attention that I gave the temple much more as entrance fee then what was required. I travel monthly to Botswana and will not be visiting The Balaji Temple. The trustees manage temple as in India. It is a money making scheme. The trustees have a BIG EGO, every trustee is a chartered accountant. It was laughable when the MC introduced each trustee. My question to the trustees is where was your congregation? The only locals present was the trustees. Perhaps it says so much about how the temple is managed. I will advise any South African travelling to the Balaji Temple for a prayer not to go because it is not a grand experience. Some of our local temples have a better atmosphere.

BEST TEMPLE IN BOTSWANA