A sure sign that the annual Festival of India (Ratha–Yatra) is just around the corner is the annual Snana–Yatra festival! This upcoming Sunday, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple will be celebrating this wonderful festival, wherein Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Lady Subhadra will be bathed amidst amazing kirtan and chanting! After the bathing ceremony (snana–yatra), Lord Jagannātha apparently becomes sick. He …
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Official Festival of India TV Commercial!
The 37th Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is just around the corner and so it is with great excitement that we present this year’s official Festival of India TV commercial. The 30-second spot will be played on OMNI, CP24 and on the OneStop Network, which runs information screens on all 69 subway stations on the TTC! For more information about …
Sunday Feast Recordings – June 28th, 2009
The recording for this week’s Sunday Feast can be viewed by clicking the image below. As a reminder, the recordings from our weekly live web broadcasts are stored on our ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Deity Darshan: June 27, 2009
Flashback Photos: Ratha-Yatra!
With Ratha-Yatra around the corner, this edition of ISKCON Toronto Flashback Photos is themed to get you into the festive mood! The small deities of Jagannath, Baladeva & Subhadra were the first deities at ISKCON Toronto. They were originally installed when the Temple was located on Gerard St.Can you guess who this is, celebrating Ratha-Yatra many years ago?
No Sunday Feast Recording
Due to technical dificulties we were unable to record our live broadcast of the Sunday Feast and so we are unable to post a recording this week. We apologize for any inconvenience. We will resume with live broadcasts and videos with the upcoming Sunday Feasts!
Deity Darshan: June 21, 2009
Friday Bhagavad Gita Classes Are Back!
For quite some time, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple held weekly Bhagavad Gita classes every Friday evening. This was done as part of the Bhakti Sastri certification program. ISKCON Toronto is very happy to announce that the Bhagavad Gita classes are back! On Friday, June 26th, 2009 ISKCON Toronto will resume weekly Bhagavat Gita classes. Classes will start at 6:30pm and …
Experience the Bliss-Sankitan Saturday on June 27, 2009
We would like to officially invite you to the first ever Greater Toronto Area Monthly Sankirtan Festival (GTA-MSF). The inspiration behind this initiative is HG Vaisesika das who took Toronto by storm a few weeks back with his wonderful kirtan, soul-stirring lectures and practical seminar on sankirtan. Sankirtan is a Sanskrit term which means the congregational chanting and sharing of …
Festival of India Advert – The Toronto Tunnel!
Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple would like to extend a warm invitation to devotees around the world to experience our 37th Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) on July 18-19, 2009! The weekend festivities kick off with the famous Ratha-Yatra parade beginning at Yonge and Bloor on July 18th at 11am. The parade features three beautifully decorated chariots making their way down …