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The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Siva Ratri on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Siva Ratri literally translates as, “the night of Lord Siva”. Devotees of Lord Krishna view Lord Shiva as the greatest Vaishnava (devotee of Vishnu), based on Srimad-Bhagavatam, 12.13.16 says this (among other things) about Lord Shiva: vaishnavanam yatha shambhu, “Amongst all Vaishnavas, Lord Shiva is …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is very pleased to announce that we will be starting a two-month Mridanga Course for beginners, but everybody across all age groups and levels are welcome for this course. The start date for the course and other particulars are mentioned below. This course will be taught by our resident devotee – Gopal Prabhu, a young, …

Earlier this year, our Toronto Sankirtan Team unveiled a beautifully-made video which highlighted some of the accomplishments during the year 2016.  This year promises to be filled with more sankirtan – sharing our spiritual knowledge and culture with everyone in Toronto!  Check out the inspiring video below!

We recently ran into a simple little video, made by a Vloggers “Ki & Kesh”.  They put together a nice little video about our temple on New Year’s Day. It offers a nice perspective on the grand celebrations that took place on that day.  Check out their video below.

We warmly invite you, your family and friends to the observance of the appearance anniversary of Lord Nityananda on the evening of Wednesday February 8, 2017. Nityananda Prabhu appeared as Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s principal associate for spreading the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord. He appeared in 1474 in the village of Ekachakra, now in West Bengal. He …

Freelance writer, Bridgitte Jackson-Buckley, recently conducted on interview of Yogesvara Dasa (Jushua M. Greene) who is the author of “Swami in a Strange Land”.  Please note, if you would like to purchase a copy of this book, we have them available at our temple!  Check out the article below: Imagine, if you will, boarding a cargo ship at 69 years-old …

There is a neat little graphic that is circulating around the internet amongst devotees that offers a “quick reference guide” to key verses in the Bhagavad-Gita As It Is.  It shows the verses in the Gita, grouped by topic or theme.  Check it out below!

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Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple is excited to welcome back Sankarshan Dasa Adhikari to the Greater Toronto Area from Jan 11-16, 2017.  Traveling across the globe, Sankarshan Dasa Adhikari is a teacher, author of several books, and personal mentor and guide to tens of thousands in over 100 countries.  He explores and makes knowledge from the ancient Vedic scriptures relevant to …

On Sunday, January 1, 2017, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple hosted our annual Srila Prabhupada Festival.  It was a special evening that was filled with kirtan, drama, prasadam and more!  One of our dear congregation members, Sathi Prabhu, captured some video from that crowded evening!  Check it out below!