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Sri Varasiththi Vinaayagar Hindu Temple of Toronto

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👍👍 This temple is very lovely and welcoming. I've attended this temple on a number of occasions and I've always enjoyed myself. It's fun to go on New Year's Day because the temple is open for the whole day and there's wonderful entertainment. People often mention temple, Temple, vehicle,


Address

3025 Kennedy Rd #10, Toronto, ON M1V 1S3, Canada

Website

www.vinaayagar.com

Contact

+1 416-291-8500

Rating on Google Maps

4.80 (591 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 7 am to 12:30 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Wednesday: 7 am to 12:30 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Thursday: 7 am to 12:30 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 1 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 1 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Sunday: 7 am to 1 pm, 5 to 9 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 12:30 pm, 5 to 9 pm

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  • 5/5 Jessica S. 4 years ago on Google
    This temple is very lovely and welcoming. I've attended this temple on a number of occasions and I've always enjoyed myself. It's fun to go on New Year's Day because the temple is open for the whole day and there's wonderful entertainment.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Huzaifa s. 4 years ago on Google
    As a Muslim it was a nice place. Nothing like a mosque. It was a loud place lots of Bell's they would ring every 2hours. Not planning to go here soon tho.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Rajiv D. 3 years ago on Google
    Interior arts,portraits, diety photos are mostly named in tamil if they can post their translations it would good for other language users
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 chef N. 4 years ago on Google
    am sure you definitely feel Peace , blessings ... Feel like we are in our country.. After visiting this temple my self and friends are really happy.. feel blessed
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Subash P. 2 years ago on Google
    Must visit place if you are Ganesh devotee I am completely emerged during aarati sessions...
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Suchitra V. 4 years ago on Google
    We went on Ganesha Chathurthi .. it felt like we were in India .. very nice celebration of Ganapathi.. Not sure about how it looks on normal days . But on the auspicious day it was very divine 🙏
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Tharani S. 5 months ago on Google
    When you call to ask something the person who answers the phone answers quickly and before you ask something else they rudely cut the call without even letting you speak. It happened 3 times! Every time I wanted to ask 2-3 questions they shut the phone on your face after answering one. Had to call them back 2-3 times to get all the answers and despite I tell them this is not nice they keep doing it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Saswati Soumya S. 11 months ago on Google
    This is my all time go to temple in GTA from the day I am in Canada. But I did nt have good experience when it comes to vehicle puja. They do the respective puja inside temple but don’t do anything outside on vehicle but handover all the items to the vehicle owner to do the needful . What’s the point of doing puja there if pandit ji can not come outside for vehicle puja. If they have their own reasons then they shouldn’t confirm and do the vehicle pujas.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Suryaprasad Bv (. 1 year ago on Google
    Temple is maintained good, taste of the prasadam should be more waterish, I mean quantity is more not quality, of they can focus on that it will be a good Temple for sure
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Teena S. 7 months ago on Google
    Serene temple with availability of various rituals. Plenty of parking and accessible by TTC. Tasty prasad!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Harsheni V. 6 months ago on Google
    I went to this Kovil today, and I was worshipping Lord Ganesha while an Iyer was performing the pooja. He approached the people, giving the deepam aaradhana for worship, but only to those who paid for the archanai. He blew the deepam eventhough I was trying to worship it. What's going on? Shouldn't devotees be able to worship the deepam? In Sri Lanka, all the Iyers would offer the deepam for worship, regardless of whether you paid for the archanai or not. In this Kovil, it seems like everything revolves around money. Who knows, in the future, they might start selling tickets just to enter the Kovil.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 S A. 7 months ago on Google
    Found it quite peaceful on a Saturday -- not much of a crowd. The reasoning for low attendance on Saturdays is that people are busy with partying -- at least this is the hypothesis. It's a neat temple, but a few things can be improved. There's only one chair next to the shoe rack, and so any more than one older individual trying to sit down to take off or put on his/her shoes has to wait for the chair. This can easily be fixed by placing three more chairs. The place is well sign posted. Text is both in Tamil and English -- it is nice to see the temple not ignoring Tamil writing. I even saw a person updating the notice board with beautiful Tamil hand writing -- this is hard to find even in India! Parking can become a problem if there is overwhelming crowds. I try to avoid such days.

  • 4/5 ranjith g. 4 months ago on Google
    The main temple is under construction - this temporary temple is a bit inside and google maps does not bring you to right place straight. Apart from that, rest all is great.

  • 5/5 Chinna DuRai P. 7 months ago on Google
    Devine place, after coming to Canada finally I got temple feeling and vibe 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Happy Vinayagar Chathurthi 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • 5/5 Sai Mohan N. 7 months ago on Google
    Varasithi is clean, maintain time management. Excellent சாத்துபடி (decorating). All the prists are nice and understanding devotee's need and help politiely.

  • 5/5 vignesh S. 7 months ago on Google
    Simply divine feeling. The temple hosted an amazing Pillayar chaturthi event.

  • 5/5 Bhavya D. 6 months ago on Google
    Best South Indian ( Tamil ) temple so far I found in Scarborough where all the temple members and the Pujaris are very attentive and value each and every person who comes to the temple. Everyday the aarthi for all the deities starts at 10 am and is very traditional and ritualistic and gave me goosebumps , Abhishekam for the main deity lord Ganesha starts at 8.30 ish am everyday On special days there are special poojas as well , they also offer vahana pooja ( for new vehicles ) This is my go to temple as it has Lord Ganesha , Navagraha, Lord Siva, Lord Murugan, Goddess Lakshmi, some other deities - this is my all in one go-temple now !!!! Must visit as the prices for archana are nominal and with every archana you are provided with plate filled with flowers , fruit and vibudi and kumkum to take home as tambulam and blessing !

  • 4/5 Sri S. 6 months ago on Google
    Beautiful temple. Gives a sense of peace. Nadhaswaram and thavil adds the extra positivity

  • 5/5 Gopinath S. 6 months ago on Google
    This is a beautiful temple located at Scarborough. We have special pooja for birthdays, anniversary, vehicle pooja and festival day special pooja.

  • 5/5 raghav s. 5 months ago on Google
    Good positive vibration in this temple. Neat and clean. A must visit temple in and around Kennedy road. Come and get the blessings of Lord Vinayagar

  • 5/5 N S. 8 months ago on Google
    This temple is so simple & yet full of energy. Once you step in, you feel so spiritual. I am very excited to see how the new temple plan turns out. The layout & design is so grand.

  • 5/5 Lokesh R. 9 months ago on Google
    My first visit on the first weekend after reaching Canada. I can't express in words. Great feeling

  • 5/5 Raja r. 10 months ago on Google
    Excellent Temple and must-visit and a great place to worship with family to get God's Blessing.

  • 5/5 Tapan M. 9 months ago on Google
    Big Ganesh temple with a lot of other dieties like Shivji, Laxmiji, Navgrah murti etc Calm place with lots of religious activities

  • 5/5 Monica T. 1 year ago on Google
    First time visiting with my friend yesterday. Temple wasn't busy, very beautiful inside. Great experience!

  • 5/5 Jen T. 1 year ago on Google
    Beautiful temple, and great customer service by the people who work there. My favorite place to go when I need some peace and prayer.

  • 5/5 Prashanth A. 1 year ago on Google
    I assure you will get peace here. Spend at least 1 hour there.

  • 5/5 Pilli R. 1 year ago on Google
    Very calm and pleasent environment, multiple gods / mathas available in the temple including lord shiva

  • 5/5 Country D. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice n quiet temple Amble parking

  • 5/5 Srividya C. 2 years ago on Google
    Very well maintained South Indian traditional temple.

  • 5/5 Krishna V. 2 years ago on Google
    Neatly maintained Temple.Am happy that I visited my fav vinayagar Temple,had divine dharshan.

  • 5/5 KSPRODESIGN I. 2 years ago on Google
    I am very blessed to be able to Attend the Radha Yathra

  • 5/5 Rashmi B. 4 years ago on Google
    Very beautiful place. Priests are very good..The ambience of the Temple was entirely spiritual..


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