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Sunday, August 11, 2019

ISKCON Scarborough's 7th Annual Jagannath Festival - Saturday -17th Aug 2019 at the Milliken Park, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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








ISKCON Scarborough's 7th Annual Jagannath Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday -17th Aug 2019 at the Milliken Park, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada (McCowan & Steeles).

This grand event is free for everyone and includes a diverse assortment of multicultural activities for the entire family. The focus of this year is to make the stage programs newcomer friendly.

There will be several tents in the park where attendees can get their face painted beautifully, apply henna to their hands/palms and there will also be several cookbooks & ancient Vedic texts.

The highlight of the event is the distribution of free vegetarian feast/free water for everyone throughout the day starting at 11 am.

Several dignitaries including Dr Raymond Cho (MPP) and Cynthia Lai (City councillor) have confirmed their participation in the event.


The parade starts inside the Milliken Park at 11 am and the VIP introduction/ inauguration is scheduled to take place at 12 noon.

This year the stage programs will feature several world-class performers including a singer from Australia, lion dance from China and International award-winning magician Mike.D

Haribhakti Dey (Anup Jalota said the following about Haribhakti Dey - " This boy has the causeless mercy of Mother Saraswati"), Radha Murari kirtan group and others will be presenting melodious kirtan & Bhajans that will be accompanied by beautiful instruments like the harmonium, mridanga-drum, bass guitar and more.

There will also be wonderful Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dance performances on the stage.

There will be wide media coverage during the entire event.

Spreading the message about the event:

Devotees have been spreading the message about this upcoming event through the door to door Tamil, English & Chinese flyer distribution & affixing the flyers at various grocery/Department stores.

Advertisements are ongoing through 102.7 East FM and through Geethavaani radio stations.

There are also full-page advertisements in local Tamil & Bangladeshi newspapers.

The Highlight of all the advertisements is that Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) buses that originate at the Markham area are plying every day with the Jagannath Festival information at the back of the buses.

There is also a Billboard in the major intersection of Markham and Finch area that carries the message about the upcoming Jagannath Festival.

We kindly request you to spread the message about this event so that everyone can come to Milliken Park on Aug 17th to partake the blessings of the Lordship.

ISKCON Scarborough
3500 McNicoll Avenue, Unit #3,
Scarborough,Ontario,
Canada,M1V4C7


Email Address:
scarboroughiskcon@gmail.com

website:
www.iskconscarborough.org

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