A Masonic Club of Clubs
Having Fun & Helping Kids
Shriners Hospitals for Children
In 1922 the Shriners founded the first Shriners Hospitals for Children in Shreveport, Louisiana. Since then this unique philanthropy has grown to an extraordinary health system with 22 facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
How to Become a Shriner
Are you looking to learn more about the path to putting on the Fez? Shriners International's "Be A Shriner Now" site will teach you about Shriners and put you on the path to membership.
Shriners Link to Freemasonry
Membership in the Freemasons is a requirement to join Murat Shriners. Click the Square and Compass for more information.
ABOUT
In 1882, the world was changing. The last bare-knuckled championship fight was held. Jesse James was shot in the back. In Indianapolis John Brush decided on another project that would change the face of Indianapolis forever. Brush, who was raised to the sublime degree in New York, pulled five of his Masonic brothers together and traveled to Cincinnati to visit the sixth temple in Shrinedom, Syrian Temple, established February 6, 1877. They wanted a Shrine temple in Indianapolis. At the time there were 450 symbolic lodges in Indiana.
Right from the start, the Indianapolis Shrine was special. While we don't know why the name was chosen, our name was the first to not have Arabic origin. The founders chose the name of the son of an innkeeper in France who left theological studies at the outbreak of the French Revolution. His name was Joachim Murat (Mur-ah) and he became a general serving Napoleon in Italy and Egypt. He was so good he was proclaimed the king of Naples in 1808. In the Nubian Desert, there is also an oasis called Bir Murat the general visited often to refresh his soldiers. Actor Rene Auberjonois, most noted for his shape shifter roles in Star Trek, is General Murat's great-great-great grandson. Murat was executed by a firing squad after a failed attempt to regain control of Naples.
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1872
>1.5m
400k
>60
Year Shriners (as AAONMS) Established
Youth Helped by Shriners Hospitals (est.)
Shriners Globally
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Clubs & Units in Central Indiana
Events
Upcoming Events
Thu, May 09Pigeon Forge, Pigeon Forge, TN, USAMay 09, 2024, 5:00 PMPigeon Forge, Pigeon Forge, TN, USA
Mon, May 20Murat Shrine TempleMay 20, 2024, 6:00 PMMurat Shrine Temple , 510 N New Jersey St, Indianapolis, IN 46204, USA
Thu, May 23Murat Shrine Temple Arabian RoomMay 23, 2024, 11:00 AMMurat Shrine Temple Arabian Room , 510 N New Jersey St, Indianapolis, IN 46204, USA
Sun, May 26Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayMay 26, 2024, 9:00 AMIndianapolis Motor Speedway , 4790 W 16th St, Indianapolis, IN 46222, USA
Fri, Jun 14Brown County State ParkJun 14, 2024, 7:00 PMBrown County State Park , 1801 IN-46, Nashville, IN 47448, USA
Wed, Jul 24Ulen Country ClubJul 24, 2024, 10:00 AMUlen Country Club , Country Club Dr, Ulen, IN 46052, USA
CONTACT
Murat Shriners Office
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Closed Saturday, Sunday, Major Holidays
510 N. New Jersey St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Office: 317-635-2433
Fax: 317-686-4199