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The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be welcoming Chaitanya Charan Dasa from October 6-13, 2016.  Chaitanya Charan is a monk and spiritual author. He has done his Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Pune. He subsequently served as a software engineer in a prominent multinational software corporation. Seeing the prevalent problems of stress, depression, addiction and …

On Friday, August 26th, 2016 the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple hosted celebrations for Vyasa Puja.  Vyasa Puja is when we celebrate the appearance (birthday) of the founder of our movement, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.  Check out the video below!

On Thursday, August 25th, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple celebrated one of our biggest festivals of the year, Sri Krishna Janmastami.  Thousands of people passed through the building as festivities went past midnight!  Check out the video of the final few hours below!

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is excited to share that we will be participating in a “Community Environment Day” on Saturday, September 17th.  The event is being hosted by our City Councillor, Kristyn Wong-Tam.  Our temple will be hosting a free yoga class and will also be presenting kirtan on the grass throughout the event.  Click here for more information. The …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is excited to welcome Gaura Nataraj Dasa to our community.  An exceptional dancer, Gaura Nataraj will be presenting a special series of classical Bharatnatyam dances during this upcoming Sunday Feast on Setember 18, 2016. Gaura Nataraj das (Aleksey Furdak) was born in 1989 to Russian parents in Riga, Latvia and started learning Bharata Natyam at …

Radiant Radhastami Celebrations!Festival Report by: Smruthi Venkateshan With summer winding up, it may seem that festivities around the city have quieted down, but that is not the case at the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple. With great pomp and show on Friday, September, 9th devotees at the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple celebrated the birthday of Srimati Radharani who is the female …

Balarama’s Appearance Day FestivitiesFestival Report by: Smruthi Venkateshan Devotees gathered at the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple to celebrate Lord Balarama’s birthday on the evening of August, 18, 2016. Lord Balarama is the elder brother of Lord Sri Krishna and is an expansion of Krishna. The festivities kicked off with an arati ceremony for their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha, …

The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites you and your family to join us on Friday, September 9, 2016 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 …

Our new session for Krishna’s Funskool (Weekly Sunday Classes) begins on Sunday September 4th. In addition to following a curriculum which is based on the Vedic Scriptures, this year we have many new attractions which include monthly ‘Service Sundays’, Exhibition days, Picnic days, Movie Nights, Special Activity days, Competitions and much more! This year, there are four age-groups: 3-5 years, …

ISKCON Toronto’s 2016 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 Friday, August …