Author: ISKCON Toronto

The Toronto Hare Krishna temple will be celebrating Govardhana Puja on Monday, October 31, 2016. Celebrated the day after Diwali (which will be also celebrated at the temple on Sunday, October 30, 2016), Govardhana Puja is an especially “sweet” festival! During the time of Lord Krishna, the villagers of Vrindavan used to honour King Indra, the demigod responsible for providing …

The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites one and all to join us for a reflective evening as we observe Srila Prabhupada’s Disappearance Day on Thursday, November 3, 2016 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. On this day, we reflect on the remarkable life of Srila Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on the anniversary of his passing …

Earlier this month, the newspaper, “Ontario Farmer” featured both Govardhana Farms and Bhaktimarga Swami.  Ontario Farmer is a newspaper which is delivered weekly to subscribing farmers in Ontario. Their October 6th issue had a very nice article that featured the Govardhan Farms project, Bhaktimarga Swami and the Hare Krishna philosophy.  Check it out below:

This Saturday, October 22, 2016 marks a special festival, Radha-Kunda’s Appearance Day.  Radha-Kunda is a pond near Govardhan Hill in Vrindavan, India, which was originally created by Krishna’s cowherd girlfriends, the gopis, during Krishna’s boyhood pastimes in Vrindavan. In the sixteenth century, it was rediscovered by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and renovated by Mahaprabhu’s disciples, the Six Goswamis. Many sacred texts, including …

The year 2016 is a special year for Hare Krishna communities around the world as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of ISKCON, which was incorporated by our beloved founder Srila Prabhupada in 1966.  Celebrations have been taking place in 600 cities across 75 countries since August 2015 and until December 2016. Here in Canada, the Right Honourable Prime Minister, Justin …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be welcoming Chaitanya Charan Dasa from October 6-13, 2016.  Chaitanya Charan is a monk and spiritual author. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune. He subsequently served as a software engineer in a prominent multinational software corporation. Seeing the prevalent problems of stress, depression, addiction and …

On Friday, August 26th, 2016 the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple hosted celebrations for Vyasa Puja.  Vyasa Puja is when we celebrate the appearance (birthday) of the founder of our movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.  Check out the video below!

On Thursday, August 25th, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple celebrated one of our biggest festivals of the year, Sri Krishna Janmastami.  Thousands of people passed through the building as festivities went past midnight!  Check out the video of the final few hours below!

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is excited to share that we will be participating in a “Community Environment Day” on Saturday, September 17th.  The event is being hosted by our City Councillor, Kristyn Wong-Tam.  Our temple will be hosting a free yoga class and will also be presenting kirtan on the grass throughout the event.  Click here for more information. The …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is excited to welcome Gaura Nataraj Dasa to our community.  An exceptional dancer, Gaura Nataraj will be presenting a special series of classical Bharatnatyam dances during this upcoming Sunday Feast on Setember 18, 2016. Gaura Nataraj das (Aleksey Furdak) was born in 1989 to Russian parents in Riga, Latvia and started learning Bharata Natyam at …