Calling all Volunteers – Food for Life!

Calling all volunteers!  The monthly ISKCON Toronto Food for Life program is taking place yet again!  This Sunday, March 29th, will be a day packed with making and delivering delicious prasadam (hot vegetarian meals), soul-filling service and a blissful harinama (outdoor chanting and singing)! Here is the official schedule for the day: 11:30am (SHARP!) to 1:30pm – Cut-up and Cooking 1:30pm …

“Hare Krishna” for HG Brhat Mrdanga das!

As many devotees within Toronto’s growing Hare Krishna community may know, the temple has regularly facilitated classes, seminars and workshops over the last several years based on books like Bhagavad-Gita, Isopanisad, Nectar of Instruction and topics like Vaisnava Etiquette and the Yoga Ladder. All of this has been orchestrated, arranged and facilitated by HG Brhat Mrdanga das. Having founded the …

Flashback Photo – 1972!

Correction: Oops! We made a mistake! This picture was actually from the original installation of Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha in 1972 (we stated earlier that this was a picture from 1976, when the Deities first came to our current temple). It makes it even more special! As a small treat, here is a photo of our dear Deities, Sri …

Youth Service Day this Saturday!

We are calling all youth to come this Saturday, March 21st from 1:00pm until 3:00pm to help clean up the temple.  We will be cleaning and re-organizing one of the rooms on the balcony and the dry items area beside the kitchen. If cleaning is not your thing, there is also cutting up vegetables for the Food Expo which the temple is …

Holi Celebrations Give a Feast for the Eyes!

Fresh off larger-than-life festivities for Gaura Purnima mere days before, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple held Holi celebrations on Sunday, March 15th, 2009.  A festival filled with colour and kirtan welcomed devotees as the temple filled to capacity, yet again, for another fun-filled festival. Celebrations kicked off with the 6:00pm arati and it only took a quick glance around the temple …