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Toronto’s Hare Krishna Centre is excited to announce that we have been given an opportunity to officially be part of this year’s Caribana parade!  Known officially as the Scotiabank Caribbean Carnival Toronto, this year’s festival is expected to draw over one million people! The highlight of the entire festival is a giant parade and, this year, Toronto’s Hare Krishna community …

As mentioned in a previous blog post, Toronto’s Hare Krishna community is very excited to welcome HH Gopal Krsna Goswami as he visits our city over the next few days.  Maharaj will be giving a discourse tonight as part of a special extended Sunday Feast program. Being the first Sunday after our annual Ratha-Yatra (Festival of India), this Sunday will …

Tonight, HH Gopal Krsna Goswami will be treating our Sunday Feast to an enlivening discourse as part of his annual visit to Toronto! The program will begin at 6:45pm and continue until 9:00pm. HH Gopal Krishna Goswami will also be present at the ISKCON Toronto Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, July 25th at 6:00 pm. There will also be a …

Toronto’s 40th Annual Festival of India will launch with a spectacular parade on July 14th at 11:00am that will cruise down Yonge Street, beginning at Yonge & Bloor, and make its way down to the lake. During the parade, three ornate, 40-foot tall floats will be hand-pulled by participants amidst ecstatic singing, drumming, and dancing creating a wondrous, carnival-like atmosphere. …

We came upon this very inspirational video about an incredible girls school in Mayapur, India.  We hope you enjoy watching it!

Photos taken by Rathin Mandal

Excitement does not describe the emotion being felt as we get closer to our HUGE festival, Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra)! As it is the long Canada Day weekend, we thought what better way to celebrate both festivals than going out on harinama (outdoor chanting and dancing)? This is also an opportunity to invite EVERYONE to the upcoming 40th Festival of India …

Our Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is coming up in less than 3 weeks and the festivities kick off this Sunday with the annual Gundica Cleanup (Temple Cleanup) and Snana-Yatra (Bathing festival) festivals! As tradition every year, we clean the temple two weeks in advance.  This is following the example set by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who held the first Gundica Clean Up some 500 years …