{"id":52064,"date":"2017-10-14T11:01:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T09:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/166387090321"},"modified":"2017-10-14T11:01:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T09:01:18","slug":"1970s-hare-krishnas-perform-in-downtown-toronto-cynthia-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=52064","title":{"rendered":"1970s Hare Krishnas perform in downtown Toronto.\nCynthia Reason&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52063\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_oxt2e6FOkR1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oxt2e6FOkR1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oxt2e6FOkR1sbj0vuo1_500-280x140.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1970s Hare Krishnas perform in downtown Toronto.<br \/>\nCynthia Reason (insidetoronto.com): This week\u2019s \u201cThrowbackThursday\u201d documents an early 1970s performance by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) \u2013 more commonly known as the Hare Krishnas \u2013 in downtown Toronto.<br \/>\nTaken sometime between 1970 and 1972, the photo was captured in front of the Bank of Montreal on the north-east corner of Yonge and Queen streets.<br \/>\nIn 1976, ISKCON Toronto opened its own Hare Krishna Temple in a circa-1896 church at 243 Avenue Rd. Still in operation today, the temple opens its doors every Sunday evening to the \u201cspiritually seasoned and the somewhat curious\u201d for a weekly Love Feast, featuring kirtan musical mantra meditation, chanting, drumming, spiritual discourse and a free vegetarian feast served to all.<br \/>\n\u201cThrowbackThursday\u201d is a weekly feature from Metroland Media Toronto showcasing fascinating photos from this city\u2019s olden days, courtesy of the Toronto Archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/079622c1f9da581f9fa23d8fab0b4e3f\/tumblr_oxt2e6FOkR1sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>1970s Hare Krishnas perform in downtown Toronto.<br \/>\nCynthia Reason (insidetoronto.com): This week&rsquo;s &ldquo;ThrowbackThursday&rdquo; documents an early 1970s performance by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) &ndash; more commonly known as the Hare Krishnas &ndash; in downtown Toronto.<br \/>\nTaken sometime between 1970 and 1972, the photo was captured in front of the Bank of Montreal on the north-east corner of Yonge and Queen streets.<br \/>\nIn 1976, ISKCON Toronto opened its own Hare Krishna Temple in a circa-1896 church at 243 Avenue Rd. Still in operation today, the temple opens its doors every Sunday evening to the &ldquo;spiritually seasoned and the somewhat curious&rdquo; for a weekly Love Feast, featuring kirtan musical mantra meditation, chanting, drumming, spiritual discourse and a free vegetarian feast served to all.<br \/>\n&ldquo;ThrowbackThursday&rdquo; is a weekly feature from Metroland Media Toronto showcasing fascinating photos from this city&rsquo;s olden days, courtesy of the Toronto Archives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52065,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52064\/revisions\/52065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}