History of Sri Ayyappa Temple
The idea of Makara Vailakku Pooja was originated by Mr. C. R.Sathish, a veteran residing in Kenya for more than three decades. It was on 14th January 1989 the first Makara Vilakku Pooja of its kind in Kenya celebrated at Sree Lohana Mahjan MandaI premises in Nairobi
To manage the pooja on a broad base, it was decided to form Sri Ayyappa Seva Samaj in Nairobi at an informal meeting held at Mr. K.V.Krishnan’s residence. In attendance were Mr&Mrs K.V.Krishnan, Mr&Mrs C.R.Sathish, Mr&Mrs T.R.S.Menon, Mr.Somasundaram, Mr.Rajan Valiathan, Mr.K.O.S.Nambiar, Mr.P.R.R.Rao, Mr.V.K.P.Nair, Mr.Umesh Iyer. A constitution was written and after continued efforts, the Samaj was officially registered on 15th April 1997.
It was the dream of the Managing Committee and the members of the Samaj to build an Ayyappa Temple in Nairobi. Everybody was exploring the possibilities to make this dream a reality. On Saturday 9th of June 2001, while at the Parklands Shree Ram Mandir after the Hanuman Chaalisa program, The Samaj Team requested the Shree Ram Mandir authorities if they can allow us to build the Ayyappa Temple within their premise and they Immediately given the go ahead
The temple founding committee consisted of Mr. Velayudhan , Mr, R.V Narasimhan, Mr. Rajan valiathan, Mr. Rajagopaln Nair, Mr. T.C. Srivatsan, Mr. Nitin Satish, Mr. Prathap Kumar, Mr S.L. Kumar, Mr. Mahesh K Gopinathan, Mr. Ramadas Iyer, Mr. K.N.K Krishnan, Dr. A. S. Sinha, Mr. K.O.S. Nambiar
With the blessings of Sri Ayyappa and the overwhelming support of devotees, the Temple has taken its shape and ready for installation and opening on 26th May 2002.
In the year 2014, along with the 12th anniversary celebrations, we have done the punaprathishta utsav (Re-consecration) in a grand manner with visiting artists from India which include visiting musicians and panchavadyam troupes from India After that it has been a successful journey of almost 2 decades growing from heights to heights and glory to glory,
Celebrating 2 decades of worship and services on 26th May 2022.