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We hope you and your family are safe and have been enjoying our various online activities. The single highest priority of ISKCON Toronto will always be the health and safety of our community. As such, the Temple was closed to the public on March 21, 2020. The province of Ontario has moved into phase two of reopening with guidance to …

New Remuna Dham’s Virtual Sweet Rice Festival Begins Tomorrow! Our annual Sweet Rice Festival is here! The focus of the festival has been the glorification of our Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-chora Gopinatha in Their special connection to sweet rice. The festivities will begin Tomorrow (Sunday Jun 7th) and will conclude on Sunday June 14th with many virtual activities (Temple remains closed to …

Education is the cornerstone of a society’s flourishment. It changes one’s attitude and consequently the quality of one’s life. There are several life skills to master and no shortage of courses or self-help books that one can read to develop one’s personality, then why do we still struggle? What is the Vedic perspective on this? It is all there in …

For some years now, we have been celebrating the annual Sweet Rice festival. The focus of the festival has been the glorification of our Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-cora Gopinatha in Their special connection to sweet rice. This year the festivities will be from Sunday Jun 7 – 14, 2020.   In the past, our beloved Deities would be offered a variety …

Pandava-Nirjal Ekadasi: Tuesday, June 2nd, 2020Devout followers of the Hare Krishna tradition are used to the idea of enthusiastically celebrating their spirituality through chanting, dancing and feasting! The feasting is such an important part of our tradition, that we have become known as the “kitchen religion”!Now every fortnight, we observe Ekadasi, a day of prayer and meditation. On this day we …

For the pleasure of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, we are pleased to announce the Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Book Distribution Marathon.Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura made a great effort to send books about Lord Caitanya all over the world. We can too!During this pandemic, let’s follow in his footsteps by providing sacred knowledge to every part of the globe. We are …

The single highest priority of ISKCON TORONTO will always be the health and safety of our community. As such, the Temple was closed to the public on March 21, 2020. As of May 29th the Temple continues to remain closed. We are monitoring the situation and we will keep you updated. Thank you for your continued support and cooperation. Many …

                          On May 6 we celebrated the festival that marked the appearance of the Lord in his wondrous form of half man-half lion. Lord Nrsimha stunned the worlds when He appeared and continues to do so today with his contradictory personality. Just like a cub that feels safe …

On Wednesday, May 6, 2020, ISKCON Toronto celebrated Nrsimha Caturdasi (The Appearance Day of Lord Nrsimha). Lord Nrsimhadeva is one of Lord Krishna’s wondrous incarnations, in the form of half-man and half-lion. He descended to protect his young devotee Sri Prahlada Maharaja from his torturous father, King Hiranyakashipu. As the Temple remains closed to the public, festivities were conducted virtually.  …

Please join us virtually this evening (May 6th) from 6:00 PM onwards. The program will feature: Live Darshan, Nrsimha Yajna, and Abhisheka (Deity bathing ceremony). During the Nrsimha Yagna, a powerful prayer known as the Nrsimha Kavacha Stotram will be chanted. It is a tradition that when one participates in person, one also chants those mantras along. To benefit as …