Serve devotees
Accurate timings, contacts, and travel info so every pilgrimage starts right.
Preserve heritage
Document Kerala's thousands of temples — famous and forgotten — before they fade from memory.
Scale to India
Starting with Kerala, expanding to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and all of India.
Community first
Free to use, free to contribute. Anyone can submit a temple listing.
What we list for each temple
Every temple entry in our directory includes as much of the following as we can verify:
- Temple name and presiding deity
- Full address and district
- Darshan / puja timings
- Contact phone number
- Brief history and description
- Dress code requirements
- Photography rules
- Nearest bus stand and railway station
- GPS coordinates (for map view)
- Annual festivals and special days
- Nearby accommodation (coming soon)
- Puja booking links (coming soon)
Our data sources
We gather and cross-verify temple information from multiple public sources:
- Travancore Devaswom Board — official data for temples under TDB
- Cochin Devaswom Board — official data for temples under CDB
- Malabar Devaswom Board — official data for temples under MDB
- Temple Facebook pages — for timings, events, and contact numbers
- Google Maps — for coordinates, phone numbers, and photos
- Community contributions — devotees and local contacts who know their temples
We do our best to verify every entry, but timings and contact details can change. If you spot an error, please let us know.
Expansion roadmap
- Phase 1 — 2025 Complete Kerala coverage: all 14 districts, 1,200+ temples, with timings, contacts, and GPS coordinates.
- Phase 2 — 2025–26 Tamil Nadu expansion — starting with the major Shaivite and Vaishnavite temples of the Kaveri belt and Madurai.
- Phase 3 — 2026 Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh coverage. Introduction of festival calendars and pilgrim guides.
- Phase 4 — 2026–27 All-India directory. Hindi and regional language versions. Puja booking integrations.
Who built this
TempleDiary was started by a small team of Kerala natives who were frustrated by how hard it was to find basic, accurate information about temples — even famous ones. Phone numbers were outdated, timings were wrong, and dress codes were nowhere to be found.
We built the directory we wished existed. It is independently run, free to use, and supported by advertising (Google AdSense). We have no affiliation with any Devaswom Board or religious organisation.
Want to help? You can submit a temple, report an error, or simply share the site with fellow devotees.
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Help us grow the directory
Know a temple we've missed? Spotted wrong timings or a disconnected number? Tell us — every correction helps thousands of devotees.