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The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites you and your family to join us on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 for Radhastami celebrations – celebrating the appearance of Srimati Radharani! Festivities will commence at 6:00pm. Details of the festival are listed below. As an annual tradition, the highlight of the evening will be when we open gifts for Srimati Radharani that have …

The Hare Krishna Temple has been organizing a yearly Vaishnavi Sanga Retreat (Women’s Retreat) for the past five years. This year, once again, we would like to invite you to attend the ladies-only retreat that will be held on September 2nd from 9 am – 9 pm! The Vaishnavi Sanga Retreat is a wonderful opportunity for all Vaisnava ladies of …

On Tuesday, August 15, 2017, the Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating the biggest birthday party of the year, Lord Krishna’s appearance day – Sri Krishna Janmastami! Main festivities will start at 6:00pm and go until midnight and will be filled with kirtan, bhajans, discourses and more! The highlight of the evening is the countdown to midnight! The momentum builds …

ISKCON Toronto’s 2017 Congregational 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 …

The day after celebrations for one of our biggest festivals of the year, Krsna Janmastami, we will be celebrating one of the most important festivals for us as Hare Krishnas – Srila Prabhupada’s Vyasa Puja starting at 11am on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. The Vyasa Puja festival is always held the day after Janmastami and the festival honours the appearance …

Join us for 5 fun-filled days for a memorable experience of interactive spiritual learning. Each of the five days will have a unique theme from our rich Vedic Heritage. Activities will include arts, crafts, drama, yoga, music, cooking classes, outdoor activities and much more. Sumptuous breakfast, lunch and snack prasadam will be provided. Here are more details: The camp will run for …

Krishna’s Funskool at Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple is very happy to announce the Summer Camp for Youth-2017, a unique value-based leadership program for youth aged 12-17 years! Join us for 2 fun-filled days of interactive spiritual learning, intriguing outdoor and indoor activities, sumptuous prasadam, practical life management skills, yoga, meditation, music and much more. We invite you to experience, explore and evolve – …

Come join us this Monday to celebrate the appearance of Lord Balarama, the elder brother of Lord Krishna! Lord Balarama always protects His devotees and is known to be very merciful even to the most fallen conditioned soul. What better way to end off the long weekend than coming to the temple to celebrate this very special appearance day starting …

A few years ago, the leadership of our international Hare Krishna movement instituted the “ISKCON Disciples Course”, which is a great overview about several important aspects in one’s spiritual life within our Hare Krishna family. This foundational course covers important topics like: The importance of accepting initiation in a disciplic successionSrila Prabhupada’s special positionHow to select a spiritual masterRelationships in …

As tens of thousands of people descended upon downtown Toronto to attend the 45th Annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India), the media also took notice!  Our festival was featured as part of news coverage on major networks.  We did a quick scan of websites and newspapers and were able to grab a few highlights: CTV News: Canadian Immigrant Magazine: Toronto Star …