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Toronto’s Srila Prabhupada Marathon 2010
December, 2010 saw Toronto’s vibrant Hare Krishna community join hundreds of Hare Krishna centres around the world in the annual “Srila Prabhupada Marathon”. During the last month of the year, temples around the world make a focused effort to share (distribute) as many books of ancient, spiritual wisdom with the public! With continued inspiration from HG Vaisesika das, the goal …
Come Out to Celebrate the One-Year Anniversary of CDM (Temple Clean-Up)!!!
Are you ready for it? Next Saturday, January 15th, we are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Cheto Darpana Marjanam (CDM) program in our temple, also known as the monthly temple clean-up. This project entails organized cleaning of one part of our beautiful temple as a group. This time, CDM will feature the presence of some special devotees from the …
A Drama Presented by the Halifax Brahmacaris!
During our Prabhupada Festival on January 1st, the brahmacaris (student-monks) visiting from the east coast treated the crowd to a wonderful little comedic drama. It was centred on fun (and maybe slightly-exaggerated) stories of adventures while distributing books. The brahmacaris performed the same drama the next day at ISKCON Scarborough and we found the video online. Enjoy! Part One:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWPl8HtI0o?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&w=500&h=300] …
Some Amazing Stats About Your Toronto Krishna Blog!
One of the responsibilities of lovingly caring for our Toronto Hare Krishna Blog is to monitor the traffic that is coming to this site. We have always been thrilled with the continued growth of traffic to our site. We’ve been tracking traffic on the site since July 2008 (about two and a half years) and thought it might be nice …
Prabhupada Festival a Smashing Success!
The annual Prabhupada festival took place during the evening of January 1st and it brought dance, drama and devotees to the temple as hundreds gathered to start the year off on the right foot. With wonderful kirtan, a special arati (offering) to Srila Prabhupada, and a comedic drama, it was a packed evening of festivities. The highlight of the evening …
Oh, What a Way to Usher in 2011!!!
Imagine gathering a bunch of your friends together, assembling giant drums and other instruments and attending a party with 35,000 people! That’s exactly what took place as a huge mob of devotees gathered at the Hare Krishna temple on New Year’s Eve and then headed to City Hall to join the tens of thousands of revelers, celebrating the new year. …
Deity Darshan: January 1st & 2nd, 2011
January 1st, 2011: Srila Prabhupada Festival Mangal Arati, Jan 1st: First Darshan of 2011 Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
Prabhupada Festival Tonight – Start 2011 on the Right Note!
After ringing in the new year at City Hall with incredible drumming, dancing and singing, the festivities are still underway as the Toronto Hare Krishna temple will be hosting our annual Prabhupada Festival, traditionally celebrated on January 1st. Usually one of the biggest festivals of the year, the program will kick off at 6pm with kirtan (chanting) and will feature …
Your Definitive Guide to a Hare Krishna New Year’s Eve!
The following is your detailed guide to ringing in the New Year “Hare Krishna Style”! As we do every year, devotees gather at the temple on New Year’s Eve and then head over to City Hall to join the tens of thousands of revelers, ushering in the new year. However, we come armed with our drums, karatalas (cymbals) and voices …