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Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day Coming Up!
On Saturday, August 13, 2011, Toronto’s Hare Krishna community will celebrate the advent (birthday) of Lord Balarama and festivities will take place in grand fashion! Lord Balarama, worshiped as Lord Krishna’s older brother, symbolizes strength and compassion and we invite you to take part in the celebrations at the Hare Krishna Temple. We’re very excited to announce that HH Gopal …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Toronto’s Hare Krishna Community Welcomes Atmarama das!
Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple is excited to announce that HG Atmarama das will be joining us for our weekly Sunday Feast tomorrow. HG Atmarama Dasa, devotional singer and composer of sacred music, has become known for his power to transmit bhakti – spiritual devotion and shakti – divine energy. For the past 25 years he has been residing in India, …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, July 24, 2011
Pictures taken by Ritesh Agrawal
Vegetable Cut-Up for Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India) – All Day Thursday!!!
We are looking for some special volunteers for the 39th Annual Festival of India. The festival is just a few days away we are super-busy preparing for it! On Thursday, July 14th, we’ll be doing A LOT of vegetable cut-up all together. We are hoping to have a bunch of our volunteers make it out all day, between 12pm and …
Deity Darshan: Sunday, July 10, 2011
12-Hour Kirtan – July 15th!
There is a festive buzz in the air as we prepare for the 39th Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra)! To celebrate this year’s festivities, we are thrilled to announce that we will be holding a 12-Hour Kirtan Festival on July 15th, from 10:00AM – 10:00PM. We will be creating a spiritual explosion with kirtaneers from around the world including HH …
Snana-Yatra Pictures!
This past Sunday, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple celebrated our annual Snana-Yatra festival. During this festival Lord Jagannatha, His brother Balarama, and His sister Subadhra are given a special abisheka (bathing ceremony). This was also the last chance to catch a final glimpse of Lord Jagannatha. Their Lordships have “mysteriously” contracted a cold while they were bathed in various substances and …