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Revisiting How We Ushered in the New Year!

The transition to a new calendar year is traditionally marked by grand festivities. For Toronto’s Hare Krishna community it is always something to write home about… even if it takes a few weeks to write about (we apologize for the delayed report). Festivities began on December 31st with the third annual Bhajan and Prasadam Festival. It all started at midday …

Prayers for Mahavishnu Goswami

Mahavishnu Goswami, one of the senior monks of the Hare Krishna Movement is critcally ill. Due to his advanced age of 90 years, he has been ill for some time and is currently under treatment at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai India. Mahavishnu Goswami connected with the Hare Krishna movement in 1973 and since then has travelled around the world to …

Bhaktimarga Swami at the Annual Temple Presidents Meeting – Dallas, TX

Members of our Toronto Temple Council, along with Bhaktimarga Swami, who is the GBC for ISKCON Centres across Canada, gathered in Dallas, Texas this past weekend for the Annual Temple Presidents Meeting. Our fellow YouTube lover, Rupa prabhu (from Dallas), posted some videos of Maharaj including his Bhagavatam Class (be sure to catch Maharaj’s classic “charades game” while reading the …

Youth Sunday on January 17!

Pandava Sena, the Hare Krishna Temple’s enthusiastic youth group will be holding their first Youth Sunday of 2010 on January 17th! They will be running the Sunday Feast Program which includes cooking, singing, serving and lots of other things for the ENTIRE congregation. In order to make this event successful, they are calling out to all youth to help them …

A Fun, Spontaneous Kirtan – Durban, SA!

We stumbled upon a really neat video of our very own Bhaktimarga Swami leading a boppin’ kirtan in Durban, South Africa during their annual Ratha-Yatra festival from a few years back! Try not to tap your foot while watching. We guarantee you can’t do it. 😉 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaGHAV8oQE&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&hd=1&w=400&h=324]