Due to technical dificulties we were unable to broadcast and record the Sunday Feast and Gaura Purnima festivities. We apologize for any inconvenience. We hope to resume with live broadcasts and videos with the upcoming Sunday Feasts!
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Gaura Purnima & Holi Festivities This Sunday!
The Hare Krishna Centre would like to warmly invite you to join us for grand Gaura Purnima and Holi Celebrations this Sunday, February 28, 2010! Holi, one of the most popular festivals in India, marks the beginning of spring. Although there will be no throwing of coloured powders during the festival, it will certainly be a festive and colourful event. …
Friends Of BBT Features Toronto!
Friends of BBT recently featured two articles highlighting the recent Sankirtan efforts happening in Toronto. Sankirtan is the form of sharing bhakti or Krishna Consciousness with the public through books and outdoor kirtan. The Bhaktivendata Book Trust (BBT) is the world’s largest publisher of ancient and classic Vaishnava texts, epics, and contemporary works on the philosophy, theology and culture of …
Monthly Sankirtan Festival – Gaura Purnima Special
For the past eight months, members of the Hare Krishna Centre have been going out once a month, hitting the streets of Toronto to be friendly ambassadors of goodwill. This involves sharing books, cookies and friendly smiles and is called sankirtan. This month, on the auspicious occasion of Gaura Purnima, the appearance day of Caitanya Mahaprabhu who pioneered the Sankirtan …
Flashback Photo: Vintage Darshan
With Gaura Purnima around the corner, this edition of ISKCON Toronto Flashback Photos is themed to get you into the festive mood! Gaura Purnima celebrates the appearance of Lord Caitanya, who is none other than Lord Krishna Himself. As such, this presents the perfect opportunity to share this vintage picture of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai and share their wonderful story. …
Sunday Feast Photos – February 21, 2010
Here’s a look at this week’s Sunday Feast through the eyes of a camera lens! Photos courtesy Dan Osadtsuk. Dhira Grahi ready for another 8:00 arati Lost in the sounds of the instruments and chanting! A youthful mrdanga player drowned deep in the ocean of kirtan! The beautiful sounds of the kirtan emit from the harmonium. Devotees praying infront of …
Sunday Feast Recordings – February 21, 2010
The Sunday Feast recording can be viewed by clicking the image below. As a reminder, the recordings from our weekly live web broadcasts are stored on our ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Deity Darshan: Sunday February 21, 2010
Visiting Ottawa for a Harinam on Ice!
On Family Day, devotees from Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal got together in the nation’s capital to perform a harinam (outdoor chanting) on ice! Every winter, the Rideau Canal becomes the world’s longest skating rink and it made the perfect venue for this unique outdoor kirtan! Check out some of the highlights below!http://static.animoto.com/swf/w.swf?w=swf/vp1&e=1266518060&f=fs6Sd14YipMX1sC2EIZ0Kw&d=136&m=a&r=w&i=m&options=
Temple Cleanup this Saturday!
Last month, a very special project was launched at the Hare Krishna Centre. The project is named “Ceto Darpana Marjanam” (Project CDM) and entails regular cleaning of the temple as a group. “Ceto Darpana Marjanam” literally means cleansing the heart of all the years and years’ worth of accumulated dust. Last month, a group of intrepid spiritualists took on the …