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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 …

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 Friday, August 26, 2016. The Vyasa Puja festival is always held the day after Janmastami and the festival honours the appearance …

Thursday, August 18, 2016 marks the auspicious appearance day (birthday) of Lord Balarama, Lord Krishna’s older brother! The Supreme Person appears in innumerable forms to enjoy transcendental relationships. Some of His expansions are tiny, dependent beings, like us, and some are complete and omnipotent beings like Himself.  Balarama, or Baladeva, is Krishna’s primary all-powerful expansion.  Lord Balarama symbolizes strength and …