Author: ISKCON Toronto

Holi Celebrations This Sunday!

The Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Holi this Sunday, March 15th and an open invitation goes out to one and all to join us for this colourful event.  We have been regularly announcing at our recent Sunday Feasts that there will be no throwing of coloured powders during the festival (it causes a very big mess) but that the …

ISKCON Toronto Celebrates Gaura Purnima!

Despite falling on a Tuesday on the lunar calendar, this year’s Gaura Purnima celebrations still resulted in a temple filled with devotees ready to celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Caitanya! Lord Caitanya is an incarnation of Krishna who appeared in Nadia, West Bengal, India in the 15th century A.D.  Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, appearing as His own …

Parking Update for Gaura Purnima!

***Update – 10:00am – 03/10/09 – The temple was not able to secure free parking at the underground parking lot on Pears Ave. Devotees are are encouraged to find legal parking on the surrounding streets. However if street parking is unavailable, please feel free to park at the Pears Ave lot, at a cost of $5, and provide your receipt …

Gaura Purnima Almost Here!

Gaura Purnima celebrations are less than 48 hours away and devotees at Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple are preparing for an unforgettable Tuesday night festival!  HH Bhaktimarga Swami, who will be attending Gaura Purnima festivities here for the first time in many years (he is normally in India at this time of year) will be pulling a very special treat from …

Holi Celebrations Next Sunday!

Next Sunday, March 15th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple will be celebrating Holi!  Marking the time when the harvest has been completed and winter also ending, Holi is pre-eminently a festival of mirth and merriment. Holi is also associated with the story of Holika, the sister of demon Hiranyakasipu. The demon-father, having failed in various other ways to make his son …