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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 …

We had a wonderful Festival of India this month but the summer fun isn’t over yet – join us for the annual Summer Kids Camp, which is happening this year from August 15th – 19th. You can register for any number of days! As always we have lots of fun activities planned out with sumptuous prasadam (vegetarian meansl) for all …

We are very excited to announce that we will now be posting daily darshan of our beautiful Deities on our website!  You can find the daily darshan pictures posted on the right-hand side of the page. Our pujari (priest) department has been capturing photos each day and have been sharing them on Facebook.  We’ve now added them to our temple …

A lone, broke and aged man once embarked on a cargo ship to an unknown land. He suffered three heart attacks but what kept the him going was a mission which was not even his own but his guru’s. A perfect beginning to the history in making. Decades later he is celebrated on CNN as one of the top 10 …

On both Wednesday, August 3, 2016 and Wednesday, August 10, 2016, a very special two-part seminar will be conducted by our very special guest, Laxmimoni Devi Dasi!  This ground-breaking seminar will be focused on how and why we need to make a more focused effort on reading the books of our beloved founder, Srila Prabhupada. Described as an eye-opening seminar, …

Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple is very excited to welcome Laxmimoni Devi Dasi back home to Toronto!  One of the pioneers of our Hare Krishna movement in Toronto, Laxmimoni Devi Dasi is an inspiring teacher, mentor, guide and more. Laxmimoni Dasi was initiated by Srila Prabhuada in 1969 while attending the State University of New York at Buffalo. She received a …