The Sanskrit word “Maa” stands for mother and Shakti from Sanskrit shak – “to be able”, meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism. Shakti is the concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power, sometimes referred to as ‘The Great Divine Mother’ in Hinduism.

Maa Shakti Charitable Trust was formed in year 2011 to perform religious activities same as in India..

First time in Auckland NewZealand in 2012 Maa Bhagwati Jagran was performed by Sh Narender Chanchal ji (From India) which was organised by Maa Shakti Charitable Trust.

Brief History about the Temple
MAA DURGA TEMPLE was established in year 2012 through Divine blessings from MATA VAISHNO DEVI. Maa Durga Temple is functioning under Maa Shakti Charitable Trust which is a non profitable organization.

Maa Durga temple is only temple of Mata Rani in Auckland, New Zealand

Vision of Maa Durga Temple.
To Impart, religious, educational and cultural values of Hindu Dharm to our community and to our future generations.

• To provide a place of worship and meditation for the Hindu community
• To provide facilities for Pujas, havans, marriage ceremonies or other religious sanskars
• To arrange for the celebration of Hindu religious and cultural festivals
• To provide facilities for the education of our children in various aspects of Hindu religion, Music, culture and languages
• To provide a warm welcome and spiritual support to all devotees and visitors.

Motto

To Promote Our Religion

Maa Durga Temple was started to preach about our religion Hinduism. Keeping in mind we are far from our home land. It was opened to keep our young ones glued to our Sanskaar and Sanskriti. This temple has highly qualified and dedicated priest for performing different Poojas and various religious celebrations in the temple. Our priest has many years of religious education and appropriate professional experience and proficiency in Fijian, Hindi, English and several other Indian languages.  He is always ready and willing to perform sponsored Puja and other religious celebrations in the temple or at home as desired by the devotees.

• No Binding Fees or Charges
  The temple does not charge for any Seva, personal Dharmic Vidhi, Pooja Hawan, Chowki provided to the devotees. It’s all as per the Shradha of Devotees.
• Providing Free Langar (Maha Prashad)
  The biggest Motive of Maa Durga Temple is to provide 7days a week, 3 times a day free Langer to the Temples Devotees. With Blessings of Mata Rani we have already started to provide Langar(MahaPrasad) 3 times a week in the evening.

The Maa Durga Temple is located at a site which is purified with Vedic Mantras recited by Acharyas. The Maa Durga Temple was inaugurated with Chal Pratishtha. This epitome of Bhakti and Prathana will lead further to attract, promote and preach generations of Hindus in New Zealand.

The performance report for each year are listed below.

Performance Report 2015

Performance Report 2016

Performance Report 2017

Performance Report 2018

Performance Report 2019

Performance Report 2020

Performance Report 2021

Performance Report 2022

“OUR GOAL IS TO MOTIVATE EVERY TEMPLE IN THE WORLD TO FOLLOW OUR PRINCIPLES, WHICH IS, NOT TO CHARGE FOR ANY POOJA ETC. AND PROVIDE THREE TIMES FREE LANGAR (MAHAPRASAD / FOOD) EVERYDAY.”

“JAI MATA DI”