Author: ISKCON Toronto

Sunday, August 10, 2014 marks the auspicious appearance day (birthday) of Lord Balarama, Lord Krishna’s older brother! Lord Balarama symbolizes strength and compassion and we invite you to take part in the celebrations at the Hare Krishna Temple. The  festival will kick off at 6pm with kirtan and will feature a special spiritual discourse on Lord Balarama. After the class, …

Imagine a day full of games, laughter, delicious prasadam, chance to make new friends and especially, NO PARENTS! ISKCON Toronto is providing just that and more for the younger members of our community with the 8th Annual Gopinath’s Kids Camp! This year, the 8th Annual Gopinath’s Kids Camp will be held from Thursday, August 7th to Saturday, August 9th from …

The Grihasta Vision Team, a dynamic and progressive group of senior devotees in ISKCON are excited to present their annual Couples Retreat! 2014 Couples RetreatSept 12-14, 2014Gita-Nagari Yoga FarmPort Royal, PennsylvaniaU.S.A. Themes:Friday:   FriendshipSaturday:  HumilitySunday:  Compassion This retreat is designed to help you take your relationship to a higher level. Whether that’s from ‘Wish it was better’ or from ‘Pretty …

Please visit www.festivalofindia.ca for more information! The past four decades have witnessed the Festival of India blossom into one of Toronto’s most dazzling, head-turning summer events. And in 2012 the chariots and festivities rolled into the city for the 40th time. This year again be sure to mark your calendars and come visit the 42nd Annual Festival of India (also …

Ratha-Yatra: Festival of India is fast approaching on July 12th- 13th, 2014! Festivities begin with a colorful parade down Yonge Street with three 40-foot tall floats hand-pulled by thousands of participants amidst drumming, chanting and dancing. The main festival continues for the remainder of the weekend, on the beautiful Centre Island (please visit www.festivalofindia.ca for more information on the festivities). …

What can be a better way for devotees to celebrate Canada Day than going out on the Fourth Annual Canada Day Harinama (outdoor chanting and dancing)?  It has been our Hare Krishna tradition to celebrate Canada Day by hitting the streets with chanting and dancing! The main goal of this event is to invite as many people as possible to …

Today’s Toronto Star (Saturday, June 28, 2014) featured a whole special section on Canadian citizenship.  As part of their feature, they featured 27 people from various parts of the world who had just become Canadian citizens. Imagine the surprise when we saw that one of our very own young devotees, Bhakta Yura was featured as one of the 27 people …

This Saturday, June 28, 2014, the Hare Krishna temple welcomes you to join us for a special 6-Hour Kirtan honouring Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and his divine legacy as we commemorate 100 years from his disappearance. This non-stop six hour kirtan, starting at 3:00 pm, will mark the culmination of various events that are happening throughout this month!  Here is the schedule *subject to …

Please join us on Sunday June 29th for a very special clean up!  Not only is it Snana Yatra… but it’s also Gundica Clean Up! As you may already know, on July 12th we will be holding our 42nd annual Festival of India (Ratha Yatra) and every year we clean the temple two weeks in advance.  This is following the …

A sure sign that the annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is just around the corner (July 12-13, 2014) is the annual Jagannatha Snana-Yatra festival! Snana-Yatra, a wonderful festival, wherein Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Lady Subhadra will be bathed amidst amazing kirtan and chanting!The bathing ceremony will tentatively take place from 6:45-8:00pm. Please note that Lord Jagannatha’s altar will not …