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Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) Launch Party!Date: Sunday, June 26th, 2016Time: 12:00pm to 10:00pmLocation: Yonge-Dundas Square (southeast corner of Yonge and Dundas)TTC Subway: Dundas Station To kick off the official countdown to the 44th Annual Festival of India, a special day-long launch party will be held at Yonge-Dundas Square. The festival will include a cavalcade of activities, attractions and performances, including …

On Monday, May 23rd, most of Toronto was celebrating a day off, marking Victoria Day.  Meanwhile, enthusiastic members of the Toronto Hare Krishna community hit the streets with instruments, smiles and books to share an uplifting, spiritual message through harinama sankirtan (outdoor chanting and dancing)!  Led by Vaisesika Prabhu and Nirakula Mataji, the devotees setup at Bay & Queen and …

From June 10-14, 2016 the Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa Hare Krishna communities will be jointly hosting a “Holy Name Retreat” at a Buddhist Retreat Centre, located two hours away from Montreal.  This very special retreat will be facilitated by Devaki devi dasi, a senior devotee in our international Hare Krishna movement. Some features of the Holy Name Retreat: Deepen your …

In spiritual culture giving and accepting shelter is the very basis to any meaningful relationship: we are always giving shelter to inferiors and accepting shelter from superiors. If this is not there, our relationships will be superficial. The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is very excited to announce a special educational course with Devaki devi dasi, who will be making her …

We are happy to share our June edition of our monthly newsletter!  Click the image below (or click here) to open the June 2016 newsletter. Remember, you can receive our monthly newsletter right in your inbox by clicking here to sign up, or by using the sign up form on the right hand side of this page!  Hare Krsna!

Our dear senior member of our Toronto Hare Krishna community, Praharana devi dasi, sent us this “blast from the past” picture of an initiation ceremony from the early days of Toronto’s Hare Krishna community!  Can you recognize some of the devotees in the picture?  If so, leave a comment with your guesses!

We came upon this pretty entertaining video online, courtesy of ISKCON Desire Tree.  Here is their description of the video: “Nish, nish, ram, ram, nish, nish, ram, ram.” Prabhupada once imitated how we sometimes chant (the Hare Krishna mantra) without focus, without concentration, without proper pronunciation – how we chant when we don’t feel like chanting. You know the mood …

One of our young, talented artists in our community, Amandeep, has been contributing his artistic abilities for the temple!  Below is a beautiful sketch that he has made, depicting a very special story that was recently highlighted at a recent festival!  Can you guess what is happening in this drawing?  If so, leave a comment and let us know!  Hare …

This weekend, May 28th to 29th, the Hare Krishna Centre is participating in Doors Open Toronto. Annually, over 150 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and social significance open their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration. While Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple is open, free of charge, to the public year-round, Doors Open presents an opportunity for the public to …

Sweet Festival of Sweet Rice!Festival Report by: Smruthi VenkateshanFestival Pictures: Mathuraprasada das On Sunday, May 22, 2016, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple celebrated the annual Sweet Rice Festival in honour of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha. The evening started out with a nice aarti ceremony for the Deities, who were effulgent in their summer outfits with pops of …