Blog

On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, we at ISKCON Toronto will celebrate the appearance day of Lord Nrsimha, also known as Nrsimha Caturdasi. This festival commemorates the appearance of Lord Nrsimhadeva, the half-man, half-lion incarnation of Lord Krishna. This auspicious day marks the triumph of good over evil, as Lord Nrsimha vanquished the demon Hiranyakashyapu to protect his devotee, Prahlad. Devotees …

We are sad to report the departure of His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj from this material world. This morning, at 9:20 am IST, His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami, one of the senior most disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, departed from this world. Maharaj is a pillar of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness and has …

The Toronto Hare Krishna Temple is thrilled to welcome Chaitanya Charan Dasa from May 1 to May 5, 2024. In this upcoming visit, the scheduled seminars are on “Wisdom from The Ramayan” so everyone is invited! Here is the official schedule for his trip:   May 1, Wed 6:30 PM  Topic: Unfair World, Fair God Understanding the different trajectories of …

Tuesday, April 16th marks the Appearance Day of Sri Ramachandra (popularly known as Rama Navami) and we will have two days of celebrations – Sunday, April 14th, and Tuesday, April 16th! Lord Rama is an incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krishna. Sri Rama is the perfect monarch; He vanquished the maleficent king Ravana and established an age of …

We cordially invite you to one of our biggest festivals of the year, the appearance day of the most magnanimous– Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu. This year Gaura Purnima falls on Sunday, March 24th, 2024. We are delighted to share that we’re hosting a grand celebration! Gaura or Lord Chaitanya appeared in a small town in eastern India over 500 years ago …

This Sunday, March 10th, 2024, Toronto’s Hare Krishna Temple will be celebrating Siva Ratri. (Please note as per the Vaishnava calendar the actual day of Siva Ratri is on March 9th) Siva Ratri literally translates as, “the night of Lord Siva”. Devotees of Lord Krishna view Lord Shiva as the greatest Vaishnava (devotee of Vishnu). Every week we recite the Brahma …

February 29th,  2024 marks the 150th Anniversary of the appearance of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja. This is an important celebration for ISKCON recognizing his preeminent position as the Guru of our Founder-Acarya, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Devotees observe fasting till noon on this day. Additionally, we will be facilitating a virtual seminar …

Nityananda Trayodasi, the auspicious appearance day of Lord Nityananda falls on Wednesday, February 21st this year. The name Nityananda means eternal happiness and He’s none other than Lord Balaram who appeared in the 15th century along with Caitanya Mahaprabhu (Lord Krishna). Together with other associates, they propagated the chanting of the holy names far and wide. Lord Nityananda’s compassion knows …

Appearance Day of Sri Advaita Acarya Lord Krishna descended as Lord Caitanya some 500+ years ago to freely distribute love of God. One main reason was the sincere prayers of his devotee, Sri Advaita Acarya! On Feb 15, 7:00-8:30 pm we are honoured to have HG Arjuna Sakha Prabhu glorify this wonderful personality who appeared on this day. Join in …

Thursday, February 15th: Appearance of Sri Advaita Acharya (fasting observed till noon) Lord Krishna descended as Lord Caitanya some 500+ years ago to freely distribute the love of God. One main reason was the sincere prayers of his devotee, Sri Advaita Acarya! On Feb 15, 7:00-8:30 pm we are honoured to have HG Arjuna Sakha Prabhu glorify this wonderful personality …