Author: tkandala

Nityananda’s Appearance Day Celebrations

This past Saturday, ISKCON Toronto, the Hare Krishna Centre, celebrated the Appearance Day of Lord Nityananda. This particular festival continues to be a favourite for local devotees and this year’s festival was marked by some special features.  The program began with blissful kirtan led by Dhira Grahi das as devotees took in the sight of the beautifully dressed Deities during the …

Nityananda’s Appearance Day Schedule

On Saturday evening (6:00pm to 9:00pm), a very special festival will be taking place as we celebrate Lord Nityananda’s Appearance Day! Lord Nityananda is considered identical with Balarama, the elder brother of Lord Krishna. He is regarded as being like the elder brother of Lord Chaitanya and always served Him in any way. With HH Bhaktimarga Swami in attendance, festivities …

A Small Gathering Celebrates Lord Varahadeva!

Fridays are always interesting. On Fridays, while many Torontonians lurch home from a tough week at work, looking forward to weekends filled with partying, sleeping and God knows what else, devotees have a special way of spiritualizing their weekends. Case in point, on Friday, February 6th, a small group of devotees gathered at the Hare Krishna temple to celebrate the …

Lord Varahadeva’s Appearance Day Schedule

This Friday evening, February 6th, the Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating the appearance of Lord Varahadeva, the boar incarnation of Krishna. Srimad Bhagavatam describes the wonderful pastime when Lord Krishna once assumed the form of a splendid, gigantic boar (Varaha) and dove to the bottom of the universal ocean to gently lift up Mother Earth on His tusks to …

Cooking for Krishna – Episode Three

The ISKCON Toronto Blog is happy to present Episode Three of Cooking for Krishna. Cooking for Krishna is a regular video series which shows how to create sumptuous vegetarian items! Once made, these preparations are lovingly offered to Lord Krishna and become “prasadam“, or sanctified food! In this third episode, Rasa Krida devi dasi, a local devotee who recently returned …

Morning Program with the Pandava Sena Youth

Kick off those winter “blahs” this Saturday, February 7th! We are calling on all congregation members (especially the youth) to come attend the morning program at the Hare Krishna Temple. It will be a great way to start off the day because it’s… Nityananda’s Appearance Day! We promise that after this program, the chill of winter will be gone and …

Three Days of Festivities this Weekend!

When it rains, it pours! After our annual Srila Prabhupada Festival on January 1st, the calendar seemed to show that we’d have to wait a few weeks before reaching in our bag of “festival-goodies” to celebrate in grand “Toronto Hare Krishna” fashion! Well the weeks have flown by and this upcoming weekend marks some very special festivals! This Friday evening, …