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With fall upon us, many special guests are making their way to Toronto to enliven and inspire everyone with seminars and more! Parliament of the World’s Religions: Nov 1-7, 2018The 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions is taking place in Toronto. On November 2nd Our very own HH Bhaktimarga Swami and his drama troupe will be performing “Many Mothers and …

During this most auspicious month of Kartik (Oct 24 to Nov 22), you can invite Lord Krishna in the form of Bala Gopala (Damodara) to your home, offer beautiful lamps and hear about wonderful stories of baby Krishna.You can book your 1-hour slot by contacting (416) 400-7001 or kartikbookings@gmail.com to reserve your spot during Kartik weekday evenings or weekends. Please …

Gauranga prabhu will be conducting a seminar on Four Principles of Community Development on November 2nd and 3rd, 2018. Gauranga prabhu will also be giving the morning Srimad Bhagvatam class at ISKCON Toronto on Saturday, November 3rd and Sunday, November 4th, 2018. Please see the poster below for more information! HG Gauranga Prabhu is a Co Temple President of ISKCON …

Krishna’s Funskool at ISKCON Toronto is pleased to announce the Gita Contest 2018 – Bhagavad Gita competitions for children.            Event Date: Saturday, December 8th, 2018Venue: The Hare Krishna Temple, 243 Avenue Road, TorontoCategory 1: Age 3-5 years – Recitation and Translation Category 2: Age: 6-8 years – Recitation and Translation Category 3: Age: 9-12 years – Recitation, …

On a sunny Saturday in September ISKCON Toronto hosted a Child Protection Awareness training for devotees serving with the greater Toronto area centers including Scarborough, Toronto, Brampton and the newest addition, Milton. Management, Child Protection Team members and youth serving staff spent the day increasing their understanding of the various forms of child maltreatment, red flags and practicing how to …

The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites you and your family to join us on Sunday, September 16th for Radhastami celebrations – celebrating the appearance of Srimati Radharani! Festivities will commence at 6:00pm, stay tuned for more details. As an annual tradition, the highlight of the evening will be when we open gifts for Srimati Radharani that have been brought by …

Deity Darshan from yesterday’s Sri Krishna Janmastami festival can be found HERE, pictures courtesy of ISKCON Toronto’s Deity Department.  

We warmly invite everyone for a 2 days of non-stop 6 hour kirtan! This year we will celebrate Janmastami by chanting the Holy Name for 2 days, Sunday, September 2nd and Monday September 3rd! Both days will begin at 12:30pm – 6:30pm. We have invited a special guest – Amala kirtan prabhu from Brazil! We will be chanting the Hare …

Just over a week after we celebrate the appearance day of Lord Balarama, we celebrate our biggest and grandest celebration at the temple, Krishna Janmastami, the appearance day of Lord Krishna. This year Janmastami falls on Monday, September 3rd. However, we will be celebrating Krishna Janmastami on Sunday, September 2nd and on September 3rd! Krishna appeared over five thousand years …

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 Tuesday, September 4, 2018 and celebrations will be from 11am-3pm …