Category: Festivals

Greetings from Krishna Funskool at ISCKON Hare Krishna Temple, Toronto. Krishna’s Funskool (Weekly Sunday classes) has a range of exciting activities lined up specially for children aged 3-14 years.  Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions in gatherings, we have been having virtual sessions of our various activities. Apart from our regular Sunday classes, we have been offering virtual camps, programs and …

In 1965, Srila Prabhupada was sixty-nine when he made the trek half-way across the globe to share the authentic message of the Bhagavad-Gita. In 12 years he had travelled the globe 14 times and established 108 ISKCON centres worldwide. This was before the Internet took over our lives, let alone the viral nature of social media. How did Prabhupada accomplish …

There has been a great demand within the community for engaging in systematic studies to go deeper into their spiritual practices. To facilitate this starting September we have live scriptural, certified courses that will be taught by prolific teachers from Mayapur Institute, India. Please fill out this brief survey by Friday, August 28. We will reach out to you for …

On Tuesday, August the 25th we will be celebrating the grand festival of Radhastami– the appearance of Srimati Radharani! This is a special festival for New Remuna Dhama (ISKCON Toronto). This year marks the 48th installation anniversary of our beloved Deities, Sri Sri Radha Ksira-Chora Gopinatha. Their Lordships were installed in 1972 in a small Temple on Gerrard Street and …

After successful seminars for Lord Balarama’s appearance Day and Krishna Janamastami we’re back with seminars dedicated to Srimati Radharani: Saturday, August 22nd “Tuning into the mood of Srimati Radharani” with HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami 9:00am – 10:15am EDT Bhakti Rasamrita Swami has been practicing the bhakti tradition for over 30 years. He has served as the temple president in Mumbai …

We celebrated the appearance day of Srila Prabhupada on August 12th and festivities included an Abhishek, Pushpanjali and virtual reading of offering for Srila Prabhupada. Check out our Facebook and Youtube for video recording. His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami prabhupada is the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON and as such, this is a very special occasion. We are also excited to …

The BIGGEST party of the year is up next. Last weekend was lit with such profound talks on Lord Balarama. This coming weekend we switch gears as we dive deeper into cultivating our mood for Sri Krishna Janamastami- Lord Krishna’s Appearance or Birthday! The Temple remains CLOSED and will be closed on Janamastami day (no exceptions). Celebrations will be conducted virtually …

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 on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. The Vyasa Puja festival is always held the day after Janmastami and the festival honours the appearance of our spiritual …

Toronto’s Vaisnava Care Team present to you a two-day online seminar! Come learn the art of caring for devotees faced with: an acute illness, a long-term chronic illness or those in need of end-of-life care. These sessions will be facilitated by none other than Sangita devi dasi whose seminars from some years ago were well attended and appreciated. We were hoping …