Author: ISKCON Toronto

When His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada stepped off the ship Jaladutta and arrived in Boston back in 1965, he bore just one desire in his heart: to share the impeccable glories of the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra all over the world. Within a span of just over a decade, he established hundreds of temples and inspired thousands. Today, he …

A few weeks ago, two of our young devotees from our Toronto community, Fil and Sukhayanti, moved to West Virginia where, close to New Vrindaban, there is a wonderful farm run by the International Society for Cow Protection (ISCOWP).  The main coordinator of the farm Balabhadra prabhu and he is currently training both Fil and Sukhayanti about farming and cow …

The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites you and your family to join us on Tuesday, September 2nd 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 …

August 17th, the Hare Krishna Temple celebrated the biggest birthday party of the year, Lord Krishna’s appearance day – Sri Krishna Janmastami!!!! As always one of the highlights of the festivities was the amazing Darshans of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha, Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subadhra. See below our full album including darshans from …

From Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August 17th, the Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating the biggest birthday party of the year, Lord Krishna’s appearance day – Sri Krishna Janmastami!!!! The programs on both Saturday and Sunday will both begin at 4:00pm and will be full of kirtan, bhajans, discourses and more! On Sunday, the highlight of the evening is …

ISKCON Toronto’s 2014 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 …

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 Monday, August 18, 2014. The Vyasa Puja festival is always held the day after Janmastami and the festival honours the …

This weekend is jam-packed with festivities in preparation for Sri Krishna Janmastami and it all begins with a 6 Hour Kirtan on Saturday August 16, 2014! The kirtan will kick off right at 4:00pm and end with a grand finale at 10:00pm and will include sumptuous prasadam (vegetarian feast). Please come and join us as we begin to celebrate the appearance …

ISKCON Toronto invites you, your family and friends to celebrate the weekend of our most significant summer festival of the year, Janmastami: the appearance of Lord Krishna. Festivities will take place over three days: Saturday, August 16th, 2014: 4pm-10pmParticipate in the magical atmosphere of resounding kirtan with six hours of non-stop kirtan! Sunday, August 17th, 4pm-midnight!Sunday marks the actual day …

Please join us this Saturday August 16th, 2014 when we are going to clean the temple once again! On the third Saturday of the month, devotees have gotten together for Ceto Darpana Marjanam (CDM) to focus on cleaning the temple and cleaning our hearts. This month’s CDM is extra special as we all gear up for the weekend festivities of …