Temples

The Order presently has nine Temples. Each is named ‘Garuda Temple’, the number identifying its precedence within the Order. Temples are governed locally by a President of Garuda and a Guardian of Light, under the authority of the Arch Presidents.

Venues and meeting dates below were transferred from the Order’s previous website and are being verified. Visitors should confirm arrangements with the Secretary General (see Contact Us) before travelling.

Garuda Temple No. 1 — Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK

Founded: 9 January 1902
Meets at: The Masonic Hall, Blackwall, Halifax HX1 2BE, West Yorkshire, UK
Usually meets on Sundays in March (closest to the equinox), May (usually the 1st), June (closest to the solstice), September (closest to the equinox), October (usually the last) and December (usually the first).

The first page of the Temple’s Membership Register (c.1902), headed “Order of Light Founded”, is reproduced on the History page.

Guardians of Light
  • 1902 Thomas Henry Pattinson, Arch President
  • 1902 Dr Bogdan Edward Jastrzebski Edwards, Arch President
  • 1903 Edward Mackay
  • 1904 Dr J. C. Nixon
  • 1905 Charles Crabtree
  • 1906 Sir J. Arthur Godwin, First Lord Mayor of Bradford
  • 1907 J. E. Fawcett, JP, Lord Mayor of Bradford
  • 1908 H. B. Goldthorp
  • 1909 Arthur Paige Rendell
  • 1910–12 John Robinson
  • 1912–14 George E. Robinson, JP
  • 1914–16 Dr Vaughan Bateson, Arch President
  • 1916 W. R. E. Lodge
  • 1917–19 Harry Steel
  • 1919 George Bolton
  • 1920 Charles Higginbotham
  • 1922 Henry S. Williamson
  • 1924 Ezra Clough
  • 1976 S. Wilkinson
  • 1977 & 1978 Eric A. Gurnhill, Arch President
  • 1979 & 1980 R. W. Hoe
  • 1981 & 1982 C. W. Simpson
  • 1983 & 1984 W. H. Bound
  • 1985 & 1986 H. T. Curtis
  • 1987 & 1988 John E. Glover
  • 1989–1993 A. N. Taylor (Temple moved from York to Halifax)
  • 1994 Dr Peter G. Maxwell-Stuart
  • 1995 Michael S. Bottomley, Arch President
  • 1996 Philip A. Standfast, Arch President
  • 1997 G. Cope
  • 1998 R. H. Dadswell
  • 1999 John H. Bray
  • 2000 Derek G. Lower
  • 2001 Edward W. Bramford
  • 2002 John L. Knew
  • 2003 Michael D. Arnold
  • 2004 John S. Nicholl
  • 2005 David C. Hooker
  • 2006 Anthony W. Llewellyn
  • 2007 Ian H. Scott
  • 2008 Christopher R. Bellis
  • 2009 Robert Webster
  • 2010 Clive Warham
  • 2011 Lawrence Tinkler
  • 2012 David Pestell
  • 2013 Michael A. P. Smithies
  • 2014 Peter Hughes
  • 2015 Jack Geelhoed
  • 2016 Mark Swepstone
  • 2017 Ramesh Ketani
  • 2018 John Warham
  • 2019–2022 Eric Lysons
  • 2022 Tim Grunwell
  • 2023 Bob Miller

Garuda Temple No. 2 — Radlett, Hertfordshire, UK

Founded: 9 September 1972
Meets at: The Masonic Hall, The Rose Walk, Radlett WD7 7JS, Hertfordshire, UK
Usually meets on the 1st Saturday in September (Installation) and the 2nd Saturdays in March and December.

Garuda Temple No. 3 — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Founded: 11 November 2011
Meets at: Ivalda Masonic Hall, 40 Salisbury Avenue, Ivanhoe, Victoria 3079, Australia
Usually meets on the 2nd Sundays in March, June, September (Installation) and December.

Guardians of Light
  • 2011 Andrew B. Stephenson
  • 2012 Robert C. Barnes
  • 2013 Dr Christopher S. Wallace
  • 2014 Timothy P. LaH. Brown
  • 2015 Simon N. Altman
  • 2016 Carlos F. Zapata-Aramayo
  • 2017 John S. Molnar, OAM
  • 2019–2022 Edward R. Lewellin

Garuda Temple No. 4 — Adelaide, South Australia

Founded: 14 November 2011
Meets at: Hawthorn Masonic Hall, 6 Wattle Avenue, Lower Mitcham SA 5062, Australia
Usually meets on the 4th Saturdays in March, June and September (Installation).

Guardians of Light
  • 2011 Michael R. Beck
  • 2012 Dr Richard G. Num
  • 2013 Bruce F. Forster
  • 2014 Lindsay A. Wills

Garuda Temple No. 5 — Pennsylvania, USA

Founded: 27 April 2013
Meets at: Saucon Masonic Temple, 323 Charles Street, Coopersburg PA 18036, USA
Usually meets on the 4th Saturday of January, the 2nd Saturday of March, the Sunday after the 4th Saturday of June, and the 3rd Saturday of October.

Temple Secretary: Seth C. Anthony — aolgaruda5@gmail.com

Guardians of Light
  • 2013 David L. Hargett, Jr
  • 2014 Edward H. Fowler, Jr
  • 2015 Edward H. Fowler, Jr
  • 2016 D. Allen Surratt
  • 2017 George H. Hindson
  • 2018 John A. Bridegroom
  • 2019 Yasser Al-Khatib
  • 2020 John Lyle Wagner
  • 2021 John Lyle Wagner
  • 2022 Robert Y. Chan
  • 2023 David Chester Ladd
  • 2024 Elquemedo Oscar Alleyne
  • 2025 Robert Joseph Burns
Presidents of Garuda
  • 2013–18 Matthew D. Dupee
  • 2018–25 George R. Haynes
  • 2025– Yasser Al-Khatib

Garuda Temple No. 6 — Chennai, India

Founded: 14 April 2014
Meets at: Freemasons’ Hall, 14 Ethiraj Salai, Egmore, Chennai 600008, India
Usually meets on the 3rd Sundays in March, June, September (Installation) and December.

Guardians of Light
  • 2014 Justice Devinder Gupta*
  • 2014 Major Dr D. Raja*
  • 2014 B. Kamakoti*
  • 2014 Dr P. K. Muthukumaraswamy*
  • 2014 V. Narasimham*
  • 2014 Bharat V. Epur
  • 2014 Stephen J. Hindes*
  • 2014 M. Chellappa*
  • 2014 K. M. Venkatachalam*
  • 2014 Capt. Dr B. Biswakumar*
  • 2015 N. Pandurangan*
  • 2015 S. T. Gauthaman*
  • 2015 E. Thangaswamy*
  • 2015 M. N. Jogani*
  • 2015 Dr K. Jyothindrakumar
  • 2015 A. P. Chitra*
  • 2016 Adi S. Vakil

* conferred

Garuda Temple No. 7 — Leiden, The Netherlands

Founded: 3 November 2019
Meets at: Stichting Leids Maçonniek Centrum (SLMC), Steenschuur 6, 2311 ET Leiden, Netherlands
Usually meets on the 2nd Sundays in March and December and the 1st Sundays in July and October (Installation).

Garuda Temple No. 8 — Port Louis, Mauritius

Details of meetings will be published here shortly. Enquiries may be directed to the Secretary General.

Garuda Temple No. 9 — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Details of meetings will be published here shortly. Enquiries may be directed to the Secretary General.