Edinburgh Rathayatra
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Parasuram das There was 100% rain predicted for Edinburgh, that’s regular weather for Scotland. Did it rain? Not a drop until the festival was over. This year’s festival was organised by Ram Laksmana Prabhu, who booked us into the local carnival festivities, so after our Rathayatra arrived at the famous Princes Gardens, we then took
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COMING OF AGE #18 – Sravanam before kirtanam (listening before speaking)
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The process of devotional life, as delineated in the four Vaishnava paths, is so systematic and detailed that almost one billion people in the world are considered followers of the Vaishnava tradition. For nearly 50 years, I have generally thought sravanam kirtanam or hearing and chanting (the first two from the list of the nine […]

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ISKCON Toronto Celebrates Largest Rathayatra in North America
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Crowds filling Yonge Street to get the mercy of Their Lordships. ISKCON Toronto celebrated its much-anticipated 52nd annual Ratha Yatra festival this past month, marking the event as the largest in its history and in North America with over 60,000 participants. Commencing on Friday, July 12th, the festivities kicked off with its famous 12-Hour Kirtan […]

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New Residents Find Sanctuary and Service at Krishna’s Home Assisted Living in Tucson
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Welcoming Our Beloved Residents It is by the Lord’s Mercy that Krishna’s Home Assisted Living is now a sanctuary for four wonderful souls who have journeyed from afar to be in a Krishna-conscious home that supports their daily needs. As we reflect on the first month since our grand opening, it is with immense gratitude […]

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Janmashtami Festival Schedule 2024
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So, the countdown has officially begun! Sri Krishna Janmashtami is on the 26th of August, and there are numerous opportunities for everyone to render service to their Lordship and receive His divine mercy. Let us embrace the divine presence of Krishna, celebrating His pastimes and seeking His eternal blessings.   We cordially invite the entire worldwide […]

WSN June 2024 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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By Vijaya Das

In the month of June, among the Large Temples, Moscow had the highest increase at 220% for 6,029 book points. To avoid being drafted into the army, many sankirtan devotees have left Russia, but some heroes have stayed, to fight the greater battle against maya. Among the Medium Temples, Buenos Aires had the highest increase at 330% for 13,524 book points. Buenos Aires was also the only temple reporting in Argentina, raising their country to #4 in the world for June. We haven't seen them this high in the transcendental competition in a long time. Keep it up, Prabhus! Continue reading "WSN June 2024 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
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Raghunandana Thakura Disappearance
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Shri Mukunda Dasa, Shri Madhava Dasa and Shri Narahari Sarakara Thakura were three brothers who lived in Shri Khanda. Shri Mukunda Dasa Thakura’s son was Shri Raghunandan Thakura. Mukunda Dasa Thakura was the doctor in the court of the muslim king. He was always absorbed in Krishna, whatever work he did.

Every year Mukunda Dasa, Madhava Dasa and Narahari Sarakara would go to Jagannatha Puri to take darshan of the holy feet of Shri Chaitanya and to dance and chant in Rathayatra kirtan.  One day, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu affectionately asked Mukunda Dasa, “Mukunda! between you and Raghunandan, who is the father and who is the son?” 

Mukunda said, “Raghunandana is my father. Through him I have found  Krishna consciousness, so he is really my father.” The Lord said, “Your judgement is correct. Whoever gives us Krishna-bhakti is our guru and our father.” The Lord ordered Raghunandana to serve the deity, without thinking of anything else. 

When he was a boy, Raghunandan used to make the deity eat laddu.

According to certain authorities, Shri Raghunandana Thakura was Kandarpa Manjari. According to others, he was one of Krishna’s sons in Dvaraka whose name was Kandarpa. This is on the basis of Kavi Karnapura’s Gaura-Ganodesha-dipika.

 Raghunandana Thakura had a son named Kanai Thakura.  The descendants of Raghunandan Thakura’s line live today in Shri Khanda.  One of the most famous of them is a person by the name of Panchanana Kaviraja, who was born in the line of Shri Raghunandana.  Raghunandana Thakura was born in the Saka year 1432.

Raghunandan Thakur bequeathed the service of his Gaura-Gopal deity to his son Kanai Thakur and then left this world on the fourth day of the waxing moon in the month of Shravan. Kanai Thakur gave a feast as a part of his father’s last rites:

Raghunandan slowly became hidden to mortal eyes while repeating again and again the names of Sri Krishna Chaitanya. 

Kartik Navadvipa Mandal Parikrama 2024!!
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It is our great pleasure to announce ISKCON MAYAPUR’s 12th annual six-day Kartik Navadwip Mandal Parikrama during the most auspicious month of Kartik (organized by the Mayapur Chandra’s). The Parikrama dates are 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th & 15th November, 2024. Adivas will be on 8th of November. There will be one day break on12th
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Kartik Navadvipa Mandal Parikrama 2024!!
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It is our great pleasure to announce ISKCON MAYAPUR’s 12th annual six-day Kartik Navadwip Mandal Parikrama during the most auspicious month of Kartik (organized by the Mayapur Chandra’s). The Parikrama dates are 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th & 15th November, 2024. Adivas will be on 8th of November. There will be one day break on12th […]

ISKCON Scarborough’s ✨Krishna Janmastami celebrations ✅ Aug 26th 6.30 pm📍Thamil Isai Kala Manram 1120 Tapscott Rd
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ISKCON Scarborough's ✨Krishna Janmastami celebrations ✅ Aug 26th 6.30pm 📍Thamil Isai Kala Manram 1120 Tapscott Rd


Hare Krishna!
Please accept our humble obeisances!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

ISKCON Scarborough will be celebrating Krsna Janmastami at 📍Thamil Isai Kala Manram 1120 Tapscott Rd ✅ Aug 26th 6.30 pm Monday

We invite you and your family to the auspicious Janmastami celebrations at Thamil Isai Kala Manram 1120 Tapscott Road on Aug 26th 6.30 pm Monday 




Sri Krsna Janmastami
The auspicious day of the appearance of Lord Krsna is celebrated all over the world as Sri Krsna Janmastami. It is celebrated on the eighth day of the Krsna Paksha (waning moon) of the month of Shravana. Krsna, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, appeared in Mathura as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki.

In Bhagavad Gita 4.8, Lord Krsna teaches the reason to his descend:

paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskrtam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear millennium after millennium.


In Bhagavad Gita 4.9, Lord Krsna teaches us how to get out of this wheel of misery

janma karma ca me divyam
evam yo vetti tattvatah
tyaktva deham punar janma
naiti mam eti so 'rjuna

One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.

The Appearance day of Srila Prabhupada 

In 1896, on the day following Janmastami, His Divine Grace, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada was born in Calcutta, India. In the Vaishnava calendar, this day is also known as Nandotsava: the day that Nanda Maharaja, Krishna’s father, prepared a grand festival to celebrate the birth of his son.

As founder-Acarya of ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada plays a central role in the life of all ISKCON devotees. Everyone connected to ISKCON knows that without Srila Prabhupada’s courage and his unmotivated love and compassion to all the residents of the world, we would not have had the opportunity to intimately serve Lord Krishna.


We invite you, your family and your friends to join us for the grand celebrations 📍Thamil Isai Kala Manram 1120 Tapscott Rd ✅ Aug 26th Monday 6.30 pm onwards 

Sivarama Swami’s Inspirational Swim Across Lake Supports Srimad Bhagavatam Translation
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In an inspiring display of dedication and endurance, 75-year-old Sivarama Swami, the former GBC of Hungary, successfully swam across the largest lake of the country, Lake Balaton, on July 20th to support an important translation project. This event is a celebrated annual swim, attracting thousands of participants from various parts of Hungary and beyond. A […]

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Highlights Report from July 24th GBC Meeting Released
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The Governing Body Commission (GBC) has released its latest Meeting Highlights Report for July 24th, 2024. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the online GBC meeting highlighting the key topics discussed. You can read the report here or watch a video report on their YouTube channel. You can also follow the GBC […]

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