Despite falling on a Tuesday on the lunar calendar, this year’s Gaura Purnima celebrations still resulted in a temple filled with devotees ready to celebrate the birth anniversary of Lord Caitanya! Lord Caitanya is an incarnation of Krishna who appeared in Nadia, West Bengal, India in the 15th century A.D. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, appearing as His own …
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Gaura Purnima Festival Recordings!
The videos from the Gaura Purnima program can be seen by clicking the image below. Stay tuned for the festival update and pictures! As a reminder, the recordings from our weekly live web broadcasts are stored on our new ISKCON Toronto Video Archive Blog.
Gaura Purnima 2009
This year’s Gaura Purnima festivities were a grand success filled with lots of highlights! A full festival report will be posted shortly, in the mean time please enjoy the stunning darshan of their lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.
Parking Update for Gaura Purnima!
***Update – 10:00am – 03/10/09 – The temple was not able to secure free parking at the underground parking lot on Pears Ave. Devotees are are encouraged to find legal parking on the surrounding streets. However if street parking is unavailable, please feel free to park at the Pears Ave lot, at a cost of $5, and provide your receipt …
Gaura Purnima Almost Here!
Gaura Purnima celebrations are less than 48 hours away and devotees at Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple are preparing for an unforgettable Tuesday night festival! HH Bhaktimarga Swami, who will be attending Gaura Purnima festivities here for the first time in many years (he is normally in India at this time of year) will be pulling a very special treat from …
Holi Celebrations Next Sunday!
Next Sunday, March 15th, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple will be celebrating Holi! Marking the time when the harvest has been completed and winter also ending, Holi is pre-eminently a festival of mirth and merriment. Holi is also associated with the story of Holika, the sister of demon Hiranyakasipu. The demon-father, having failed in various other ways to make his son …
Deity Darshan: Sunday March 8, 2009
No Recorded Sunday Feast Video
Unfortunately, we encountered a glitch when recording our live broadcast of the Sunday Feast today and so we are unable to post a recording this week. We apologize for any inconvenience. We will resume posting videos of Sunday Feasts and even the Gaura Purnima program this Tuesday!
Calling all Actors and Actresses!
As many of our regular readers and temple-goers are already aware, next Tuesday, March 10th marks the day that we celebrate the Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya, Gaura Purnima! The evening will be marked with special festivities that will surely leave everyone on a spiritual high! We are very excited to announce that HH Bhaktimarga Swami will be attending this …
Gaura Purnima Celebrations Next Week!
On Tuesday, March 10th, 2009, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple will be celebrating the Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya in grand fashion! Lord Caitanya is none other than Lord Krishna Himself. Over 500 years ago, in a special appearance, Lord Krishna personally came as Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and acted as His own devotee. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is Krishna Himself, saturated …