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ISKCON Toronto’s 2020 Virtual Vyasa Puja Book

The appearance day (birthday) of Srila Prabhupada is a very special occasion for all Hare Krishna devotees.  Srila Prabhupada appeared on Nandotsava – the day that Nanda Maharaja had a big festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Krsna (Sri Krsna Janmastami).   This year, Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja falls on Wednesday, August 12th, 2020 and celebrations will be held virtually …

The Art of Caring for Vaisnavas

Toronto’s Vaisnava Care Team present to you a two-day online seminar! Come learn the art of caring for devotees faced with: an acute illness, a long-term chronic illness or those in need of end-of-life care. These sessions will be facilitated by none other than Sangita devi dasi whose seminars from some years ago were well attended and appreciated. We were hoping …

Annual Summer Kids Camp

Krishna’s Funskool is very happy to announce the 13th Annual Summer Kids Camp for kids aged 5-12 years! This time it is going to be a virtual camp! Join us for a memorable experience of five days of exciting activities and interactive spiritual learning. There will be 3 online sessions (40 minutes each) everyday via Zoom: Yoga @ 10:00 AM EDT Slokas and Stories @ 1:00 PM EDT Special Activity @ 4:00 PM EDT Each of …

Lord Balarama’s Appearance Day

As we step into August, we are looking at a month of many auspicious events. Balarama Purnima or the appearance and birthday of Lord Balarama is the first in line on Mon, Aug 3rd. He is the older brother of Lord Krishna who assists Him in all His pastimes. Since the temple remains closed, we are honoured to invite our …

Live Online Activities this Weekend

We will be hosting live content on our Facebook page this weekend. Details can be found below, please Like Our Facebook page for more live content. Live videos can be accessed here (no Facebook account required) https://www.facebook.com/torontokrishna/live/ This week’s (June 27th, 2020) kirtan session is dedicated to the health of Bhakti Charu Swami who is currently hospitalized in critical condition …

Kids Summer Reading Challenge

After a grand virtual Festival of India 2020, we have more programs lined up for your children! Summer is a wonderful time to do a lot of fun and relaxing reading. With that in mind, Krishna Funskool presents to you the ‘Summer Reading Challenge’! Participate and rise to the challenge to: engage in super fun, age-appropriate reading choose from a wide …

Festival of India- Kids Contributions

This year’s 48th Annual Festival of India from July 1-12 was a virtual one on account of the current pandemic situation. As in the past, the Krishna Funskool team hosted a range of children’s programs for the virtual Kids Area. We had yoga sessions, a cooking demo, puppet show, drama workshop, crafts and more! There was also another way children could participate- …

Virtual Ratha-Yatra and “Drive-By” Darshan

To continue the tradition of Lord Jagannatha coming out to see the many devotees of Toronto, they will be travelling in style down Yonge St for a virtual parade! Starting at 11:00am, Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra will cruise along our usual parade route that EVERYONE can participate in, virtually from home. There’s more! The Deities will continue Their procession by …