ISKCON Scarborough Flourishes!

Last year, the ISKCON Toronto Blog featured an article about the rapid expansion of ISKCON Centres in Canada. The article mentioned the early beginnings of ISKCON Scarborough. ISKCON Scarborough has rapidly grown and now hosts several programs each week! Once you step through the door of this nondescript industrial unit, you’re transported into another world. The welcoming devotees and the …

A Beautiful Centre in Budapest, Hungary!

Considering a trip to Central Europe? Well, in the heart of Budapest, Hungary, a beautiful temple has been built by the local Hare Krishna devotees. We stumbled upon this very nice video tour of their new facilities! It’s amazing to think that such an amazingly beautiful building used to be a business office for Samsung!!! Part One:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K63276y5OJk&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&w=400&h=324] Part Two:[youtube …

Dinner & Entertainment at Govinda’s!

Govinda’s Dining Hall is introducing a new monthly program, where once a month your dining experience will be accompanied by live entertainment! The first event will be taking place this Saturday, April 10, 2010. In addition to Govinda’s famous vegetarian buffet, the evening will feature a musical performance by Gaura-Shakti. Gaura-Shakti is a Toronto-based kirtan yoga group with experienced musicians …

Recordings from Rama-Lila Conference Calls

We recently wrapped up five days of celebrations for Rama Navami, which marks the appearance of Lord Ramacandra. As a new effort, Toronto’s Hare Krishna temple hosted audio conference calls with special guests Krsnanandini devi dasi from Cleveland, OH and Mahatma das from Alachua, FL. Of the three calls, we were able to record two of them and present the …

A New Initiative to be More Eco-Friendly!

As many of our regular temple-goers know, the temple decided last year to begin using steel plates during our weekly Sunday Feasts to reduce the amount of disposable plates used by our community. At that time, a special committee was formed at the temple to make recommendations about new environmentally-friendly initiatives that our community can undertake. The Hare Krishna temple …