Author: ISKCON Toronto

We came upon this nice post from ISKCON News about Jahnavi Harrison’s newly released album.  Check it out: Like a River is the title track from the debut album of Jahnavi Harrison, ‘Like a River to the Sea’, released on July 24th 2015. The track features a refrain from the Govinda Damodara Stotram by medieval saint-poet, Srila Bilvamangala Thakur and …

The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites you and your family to join us on Monday, September 21st for Radhastami celebrations – celebrating the appearance of Srimati Radharani! Festivities will commence at 6:00pm.  Stay tuned for more details. As an annual tradition, the highlight of the evening will be when we open gifts for Srimati Radharani that have been brought by …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is starting a new batch for the Bhakti Sastri Course this coming Saturday September 19th at 9:00 am. Classes will be held once a week for three hours. The proposed time right now is Saturday mornings 9-12 noon. It can be changed to accommodate the preferences of the devotees who register. The Toronto Hare Krishna …

On Saturday, September 5th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple was transformed into the biggest spiritual birthday party in Toronto as thousands of visitors passed through the temple to mark Sri Krishna Janmastami celebrations.  The evening culminated in the midnight revealing of our beloved Deities (Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha) in Their resplendent flower outfit.  One of our dear devotees of our …

Janmastami Celebrated in Grand Fashion at Toronto Hare Krishna Temple!Festival Report by: Smruthi VenkateshanRecordings by: Hitesh PatelPictures by: Sahil Srivastava On Saturday, September 5th, the Hare Krishna Temple celebrated the biggest birthday bash of the year, Sri Krishna Janmastami. This is one of the most auspicious days in the Vaishnava calendar as it marks the birthday of Lord Sri Krishna. As …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is participating in a very large festival where we expect to serve 1000+ plates of prasadam (spiritualized, delicious vegetarian meals) for three days, nonstop. The festival is the annual Veg Food Fest, taking place at Harbourfront Centre from September 11-13, 2015.  This weekend will be very busy in the temple kitchen! Over the years these …

Please be sure to check out these amazing photos of the day-time darshan of our Deities on the special festival of Janmastami!

From Friday, September 4th to Saturday, September 5th, the Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating the biggest birthday party of the year, Lord Krishna’s appearance day – Sri Krishna Janmastami! Festivities will be filled with kirtan, bhajans, discourses and more! On Saturday, the highlight of the evening is the countdown to midnight! The momentum builds as the abhisheka (bathing ceremony) …

In the wake of celebrations for one of our biggest festivals of the year, Krsna Janmastami, we will be celebrating one of the most important festivals for us as Hare Krishnas – Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja starting at 11am on Sunday, September 6, 2015. The Vyasa Puja festival is always held the day after Janmastami and the festival honours the …

ISKCON Toronto’s 2015 Congregational Vyasa Puja Book Hare Krishna, Please accept our humble obeisances.    All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The appearance day of Srila Prabhupada is a very special occasion for all ISKCON devotees.    Srila Prabhupada appeared on Nandotsava – the day that Nanda Maharaja had a big festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Krsna (Sri Krsna …