A temple that does not wait to be visited.

The Walking Temple is a simple thing. A small group of devotees lifts a murti and carries it through the city. They sing the Name of God. They walk slowly. Sometimes there is a little dancing.

That is the whole of it. The temple passes through, and whoever happens to be on the street can look up, fold their hands, or carry on. We ask nothing of anyone.

Why it walks

On the 23rd of April, 2026, we walked the first of these through Bangalore. We were perhaps a dozen people, and we walked for about an hour.

What we noticed was this. Hundreds of strangers paused. Some folded their hands. Some closed their eyes for a breath. A young woman crossed the road to touch the edge of the wooden platform. An auto-rickshaw driver turned off his engine and stepped out. Many did not pause at all, and that was fine too.

We had not invited anyone. We had only walked. A little of the temple passed through the street, and something paused in the people who saw it.

That is what the walking is for. To make it a little easier, on an ordinary street, for someone to stop and turn toward God.

How it unfolds

A walk takes about an hour. Anyone is welcome: devotees, curious friends, families with children, people who have never been inside a temple. You can sing if you wish, or walk in silence. Bring whatever you bring.

We gather at a quiet meeting point. Someone carries the murti, garlanded that morning. We walk at a gentle pace down a route chosen for beauty more than distance. We sing the Name of God in Marathi, or Hindi, or English, whichever is the singer’s tongue. We end at a temple, where the murti is offered worship, and we sit in silence for a short while.

Then we go home. The next week, we do it again, in another part of the city, and soon, in other cities.

What is not here

The walks are free. We do not solicit donations, and no one is paid to be there.

Nothing is performed. We walk because we love Him; that is the only reason. If a stranger on the street is gladdened, we are grateful, and we take no credit.

No single deity is central. Different walks may carry different forms. The first walk carried Vitthal and Rukmini. The next may carry Ram, or Krishna, or Durga, or Shiva, or whichever murti a devotee actually loves.