Hare Krishna Temple, Toronto

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The Hare Krishna Temple in 2005

The Hare Krishna Temple (also known as ISKCON Toronto) is located at 243 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<ref>Contact Us, ISKCON Toronto.</ref> The building is the former home of the Avenue Road Church. It is now one of Canada's largest Hare Krishna places of worship.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by the Toronto architectural firm of Gordon & Helliwell.<ref name="wx.toronto.ca"/> It was built in 1899 and was originally the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.<ref name="wx.toronto.ca">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It was bought by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) around 1976.<ref>Church of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Toronto Architectural Conservancy.</ref>

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