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Ratha-Yatra: Festival of India is fast approaching on July 12th- 13th, 2014! Festivities begin with a colorful parade down Yonge Street with three 40-foot tall floats hand-pulled by thousands of participants amidst drumming, chanting and dancing. The main festival continues for the remainder of the weekend, on the beautiful Centre Island (please visit www.festivalofindia.ca for more information on the festivities). …

What can be a better way for devotees to celebrate Canada Day than going out on the Fourth Annual Canada Day Harinama (outdoor chanting and dancing)?  It has been our Hare Krishna tradition to celebrate Canada Day by hitting the streets with chanting and dancing! The main goal of this event is to invite as many people as possible to …

Today’s Toronto Star (Saturday, June 28, 2014) featured a whole special section on Canadian citizenship.  As part of their feature, they featured 27 people from various parts of the world who had just become Canadian citizens. Imagine the surprise when we saw that one of our very own young devotees, Bhakta Yura was featured as one of the 27 people …

This Saturday, June 28, 2014, the Hare Krishna temple welcomes you to join us for a special 6-Hour Kirtan honouring Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura and his divine legacy as we commemorate 100 years from his disappearance. This non-stop six hour kirtan, starting at 3:00 pm, will mark the culmination of various events that are happening throughout this month!  Here is the schedule *subject to …

Please join us on Sunday June 29th for a very special clean up!  Not only is it Snana Yatra… but it’s also Gundica Clean Up! As you may already know, on July 12th we will be holding our 42nd annual Festival of India (Ratha Yatra) and every year we clean the temple two weeks in advance.  This is following the …

A sure sign that the annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is just around the corner (July 12-13, 2014) is the annual Jagannatha Snana-Yatra festival! Snana-Yatra, a wonderful festival, wherein Lord Jagannatha, Lord Balarama and Lady Subhadra will be bathed amidst amazing kirtan and chanting!The bathing ceremony will tentatively take place from 6:45-8:00pm. Please note that Lord Jagannatha’s altar will not …

The Hare Krishna Temple warmly invites one and all to join us for a reflective eveningas we observe Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur’s Disappearance Day on Thursday, June 26th starting 6:00pm. He is known for his personal dedication even in the face of many adversities as well as laying the foundation of our now, international Krishna conscious movement. On this day, we …

Toronto’s Hare Krishna Center is participating in the 21st Annual Astaprahar (24 Hour Kirtan) on June, 21-22nd 2014. The 24 Hour Kirtan is taking place from 10:00am on Saturday, June 21st to 10:00am on Sunday, June 22nd, 2014.  The event is being held at the Tagore Centre (140 Millwick Dr. Toronto, ON M9L 1Y6). For more information please see the …

With summer in full swing, the excitement surrounding the 42nd Annual Festival of India (Ratha-Yatra) is growing as each day passes! The Festival of India has always relied on the power of volunteer efforts to make it the amazing success that it is today. Volunteering also means meeting incredible, new people while helping to make one of Toronto’s most astonishing …

Please mark your dates for the first ever ISKCON Disciples Course in Toronto from Friday, June 13th – Tuesday, June 17th. This course has been developed by the GBC (Governing Body Commission) and shall be a mandatory pre-requisite for all devotees accepting first OR second initiation by an ISKCON guru, effective Janmastami 2015. We encourage all devotees to try their …