Narsimha Caturdasi Celebrations – May 2, 2015

Festival season continues with Narsimha Caturdasi on Saturday, May 2, 2015. This festival marks the appearance day of Lord Narsimhadeva, Krishna’s half-man half-lion incarnation who appeared in order to protect the saintly child Prahlada who was being tormented by his father, Hiranyakashipu. Toronto’s Hare Krishna Centre will be celebrating Narsimha Caturdasi, starting at 6pm and will include a discourse from …

Ratha-Yatra Launch Date! April 19, 2015

With warmer weather (hopefully) approaching, the excitement surrounding the 43rd Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) will be growing as each day passes!  On Sunday, April 19, 2015 will mark the official launch of the countdown to this year’s festival! The program will begin at 4:30 pm with a special fire sacrifice to invoke auspiciousness for this year’s Festival of India. …

Kitchen Volunteers Needed for Upcoming Shows

After a very cold winter, that special time of the year has arrived. With clear skies, sunshine and warm cool breezes greeting you, spring has arrived!  With the warmer weather comes lots of opportunities to render service to our beautiful Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira Chora Gopinatha. For starters, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is participating in two very large …

Morning Class with Devamrita Swami – Apr 11th

On Saturday, April 11, 2015, the Toronto Hare Krishna temple will welcome HH Devamrita Swami for a special morning class which will take place from 7:45am to 9:00am.  Devamrita Swami will be giving a special morning class on the topic of: “Bhakti-bhava: The Emotional Dynamics of a Devotee” which will feature topics including: the future for your heart and its …

The Story of the Arrival of Our Deities!

The presiding Deities of the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple are Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha (Radha Krishna), Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra.  Everything we do in our temple is a just a humble offering to the Lord and our Deities are the heart of our temple!  Below, you can find the latest pictures of our …

Community Meeting – Development Proposal

Several months ago, our temple was approached by a large condominium development firm who has built several mid-rise condominiums in downtown Toronto.  They are working on a proposal to build a 25-story condominium which will occupy part of the small park behind the temple and have approached our temple to solicit our interest in using part of our property to …

Looking for Preschool Teachers!

Inspired by the success of Krishna conscious schools in various parts of the world, the devotees in the Greater Toronto Area are inspired to begin with a Krishna conscious pre-school in Toronto, Canada.  Below is the formal job description: Full time preschool teachers required for a new Krishna Conscious preschool in the Toronto, ON, Canada Area. The school is scheduled …

New Vrindavan Festival of Inspiration Bus Tour

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is currently looking for devotees who are interested in traveling, as a group, to the 2015 Festival of Inspiration, taking place at New Vrndavan in West Virginia!  The main information is as follows: FESTIVAL OF INSPIRATION 2015NEW VRNDAVAN BUS TOURMAY 8-10 All the transportation, accommodation,  prasadam, kirtan, uplifting Krishna katha and association you can get! …

Rama Navami – Saturday, March 28, 2015

On Saturday, March 28, 2015, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Centre will mark the Appearance Day of Lord Rama (also known as Rama Navami). Lord Rama is the incarnation of Lord Krishna as the perfect monarch. He enacts His lila, or pastime, of killing the evil king Ravana and establishing virtue, by personal example, throughout His kingdom. The epic story of His …