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With the official countdown on to the 45th Annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India), excitement is building for the grand event which will be taking place from July 14-16, 2017. There are plenty of ways for you to get involved to support the festival. Our hope is to make this year’s festival the biggest ever! One of the biggest features is …

The Hare Krishna Temple would like to invited eveyrone to a special screening of Srila Prabhupada’s biography, “Your Ever Well Wisher”, this Friday, July 7, 2017 at 6:30pm in the temple. Please come and witness the love and dedication Srila Prabhupada put in the order of his spiritual master and see the struggle he endured as he single handedly spread …

On Sunday, July 2, 2017, the Hare Krishna Temple celebrated Snana-Yatra.  Snana-Yatra is a wonderful festival, wherein Deities of Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Lady Subhadra are bathed amidst amazing kirtan and chanting!  After the bathing ceremony (Snana-Yatra), Lord Jagannātha becomes “sick”. He is therefore removed to His private quarters, where no one can see Him until the grand Ratha-Yatra …

On Saturday, July 1, 2017 the entire country was celebrating the 150th birthday of Canada!  The Hare Krishna Temple did it’s own version of celebrations by having an amazing harinama (outdoor chanting) right in downtown.  Dressed in Canadian red and white colours, the smiling devotees brought music, dance and joy to the streets of Toronto! Special thanks to Sathi Prabhu …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple has started a new online cooking series called “Cooking for Krishna” wherein delectable dishes from famous Hare Krishna cookbooks will be lovingly prepared and shown in a step-by-step fashion.  This series is presented by one of our very nice devotees of our Toronto Hare Krishna community, Lyudmila Mataji.  We hope you enjoy!  Please leave your …

Since 2016, our resident “swami” and spiritual guide for our Canadian Hare Krishna communities, Bhaktimarga Swami has been taking on the valiant task of walking across the United States of America. Known famously as “The Walking Monk”, Bhaktimarga Swami has walked across Canada four times and has been spending several months at a time since 2016 walking across the USA. …

What can be a better way for devotees to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday than going out on the Seventh Annual Canada Day Harinama (outdoor chanting and dancing)? It has been our Hare Krishna tradition to celebrate Canada Day by hitting the streets with chanting and dancing! Let’s continue our annual tradition of celebrating Canada Day by showcasing Krishna Consciousness in …

A sure sign that the annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India) is just around the corner (July 14-16, 2017) is the annual Jagannatha Snana-Yatra festival! Snana-Yatra is a wonderful festival, wherein Deities of Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Lady Subhadra will be bathed amidst amazing kirtan and chanting! After the bathing ceremony (Snana-Yatra), Lord Jagannātha becomes “sick”. He is therefore removed …

TST-LIFELINE will be launching a special Japathon on Sunday, June 25th to collectively offer special prayers to Lord Jagannatha and to get in the right mood for our Ratha -Yatra Festival (Festival of India) this year. We welcome each member of our community to chant 32+ rounds of Japa to prepare our mood and consciousness to welcome Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva …

Special Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India) AnnouncementDue to the continuing flood conditions on Toronto Island Park, the City of Toronto has announced that the Toronto Islands, including Centre Island, have been closed to the public until at least July 31, 2017. These developments mean that the 45th Annual Festival of India, scheduled for July 15-16, 2017 will be forced to take …