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Sing & Dance All Day Long  – 12 Hour Kirtan Coming on Friday, July 15, 2016!It’s that exciting time of the year again and now is the time for you to book a day off work or take leave from school!  But do you know why?  It is because the 12 Hour Kirtan is back and will be happening on …

Click Here to Visit the Official Festival Website! Srila Prabhupada’s mercy continues to bless and nourish our international movement in a myriad of ways, and the global Ratha-Yatras are indeed a prime example of but one such benediction.  Srila Prabhupada’s grace has transformed the once-rare opportunity to pull the ropes of the beautiful chariots of Lord Jagannatha, Lord Baladeva, and …

On Sunday, July 10, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple will be welcoming three very special devotees to our weekly Sunday Feast program: Dravida das, Subhag Swami, and Vaisesika das!  This Sunday will mark the final Sunday Feast before our biggest festival of the year, Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India)! To help set the right mood, we will be having an …

On Sunday, June 26th, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple hosted a “Launch Party” for our annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India) in the heart of the city at downtown Toronto at Yonge-Dundas Square.  Check out the video highlights below:

Due to an outstanding response from our previous mridanga course, the Toronto Hare Krishna temple is proud to announce another training course which will happen on July 9th and 10th. This course will teach karatalas (hand cymbals) to beginner students of mridanga, and mridanga to intermediate and advanced students of mridanga. As an exciting idea, students who attend this course …

Swimming in Snana-Yatra Bliss!Festival Report by: Smruthi VenkateshanFestival Photos by: Monisha Pillai On Sunday, July 3, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple continued it’s countdown to the annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India) by celebrating Jagannatha Snana-Yatra almost 14 days before the grand festival. This celebration is an integral part of the Ratha-Yatra festival when their Lordships Sri Jagannatha, Sri Baladeva …

A sure sign that the annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is just around the corner (July 16-17, 2016) 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 to …

Are you getting excited for our community to host the 44th annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India)? As the largest of it’s kind in North America, our festival draws people from around the world. To that end, we need some help! Specifically: Airport drop offs / pick ups during the week of the festival Donations to the temple of bedding, fans, …

What can be a better way for devotees to celebrate Canada Day than going out on the 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! The main goal of this event is to invite as many people as possible to the …

With summer in full swing, the excitement surrounding the 44th Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is growing as each day passes! The Festival of India has always relied on the power of volunteer efforts to make it the amazing success that it is today. Volunteering also means meeting incredible, new people while helping to make one of Toronto’s most astonishing …