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This Sunday, Kratu das, a special guest will be speaking at our weekly Sunday Feast this Sunday, May 10, 2015.   Kratu das joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1970. It was right here in Toronto, in 1976, that he met Srila Prabhupada, and took initiation from him. Since then, he has been traveling extensively around the world and sharing …

On Sunday May 3, 2015 we will celebrate our Sweet Rice Festival for the second time! This festival will be filled with many festivities including a dramatic presentation by our very own HH Bhaktimarga Swami. This year, you also have the chance of offering a pot of sweet rice personally to our Deities! Come see us at our Sunday Feast …

Our beautiful and beloved Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha, have been the heart and soul of our Hare Krishna Centre for over 40 years. Actually, Srila Prabhupada named our Deities in Toronto after a famous Deity of the same name in the beautiful and ancient city of Remuna, India. Ksira means “sweet rice” and chora means “thief”.  So, the …

Festival season continues with Narsimha Caturdasi on Saturday, May 2, 2015. This festival marks the appearance day of Lord Narsimhadeva, Krishna’s half-man half-lion incarnation who appeared in order to protect the saintly child Prahlada who was being tormented by his father, Hiranyakashipu. Toronto’s Hare Krishna Centre will be celebrating Narsimha Caturdasi, starting at 6pm and will include a discourse from …

With warmer weather (hopefully) approaching, the excitement surrounding the 43rd Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) will be growing as each day passes!  On Sunday, April 19, 2015 will mark the official launch of the countdown to this year’s festival! The program will begin at 4:30 pm with a special fire sacrifice to invoke auspiciousness for this year’s Festival of India. …

After a very cold winter, that special time of the year has arrived. With clear skies, sunshine and warm cool breezes greeting you, spring has arrived!  With the warmer weather comes lots of opportunities to render service to our beautiful Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira Chora Gopinatha. For starters, the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is participating in two very large …

On Saturday, April 11, 2015, the Toronto Hare Krishna temple will welcome HH Devamrita Swami for a special morning class which will take place from 7:45am to 9:00am.  Devamrita Swami will be giving a special morning class on the topic of: “Bhakti-bhava: The Emotional Dynamics of a Devotee” which will feature topics including: the future for your heart and its …

The presiding Deities of the Toronto Hare Krishna Temple are Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha (Radha Krishna), Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra.  Everything we do in our temple is a just a humble offering to the Lord and our Deities are the heart of our temple!  Below, you can find the latest pictures of our …

Darshan of Their Lordships on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami (Saturday, March 28th, 2015), the appearance day of Lord Ramachandra. Posted by ISKCON Toronto: The Hare Krishna Centre on Tuesday, 31 March 2015

Several months ago, our temple was approached by a large condominium development firm who has built several mid-rise condominiums in downtown Toronto.  They are working on a proposal to build a 25-story condominium which will occupy part of the small park behind the temple and have approached our temple to solicit our interest in using part of our property to …