HALIFAX INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS (ISKCON HALIFAX)

1) TO SYSTEMATICALLY PROPAGATE SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE TO SOCIETY AT LARGE AND TO EDUCATE ALL PEOPLE IN THE TECHNIQUES OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IN ORDER TO CHECK THE IMBALANCE OF VALUES IN LIFE AND TO ACHIEVE REAL UNITY AND PEACE IN THE WORLD.. 2) TO PROPAGATE A CONSCIOUSNESS OF KRISHNA AS IT IS REVEALED IN THE BHAGAVAD GITA AND SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM. 3) TO BRING THE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY TOGETHER WITH EACH OTHER AND NEARER TO KRISHNA THE PRIMARY ENTITY THUS TO DEVELOP THE IDEA WITHIN THE MEMBERS AND HUMANITY AT LARGE THAT EACH SOUL IS PART AND PARCEL OF THE QUALITY OF GODHEAD (KRISHNA). 4) TO TEACH AND ENCOURAGE THE SANKIRTAN MOVEMENT CONGREGATIONAL CHANTING OF THE HOLY NAMES OF GOD AS REVEALED IN THE TEACHINGS OF LORD SRI CHAITANYA MAHAPRABHU. 5) TO ERECT FOR THE MEMBERS AND SOCIETY AT LARGE A HOLY PLACE OF TRANSCENDENTAL PASTIMES DEDICATED TO THE PERSONALITY OF KRISHNA. 6) TO BRING THE MEMBERS CLOSER TOGETHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF TEACHING A SIMPLER AND MORE NATURAL WAY OF LIFE. 7) WITH A VIEW TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE AFOREMENTIONED PURPOSES TO PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTE PERIODICALS MAGAZINES BOOKS AND OTHER WRITINGS.

Festival of Chariots (Ratha Yatra) During the festival three mammoth rathas (chariots) upon which the deities of Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra are seated are pulled by rope on a jubilant procession called a yatra attracting over a million people annually for the past few thousand years. The parade itself symbolizes the pulling of the Lord into our hearts and it is done with great devotion to the accompaniment of chanting and dancing called kirtan. During 2022 we organized this festival in Halifax for the first time and in 2024 was successful third year event. Even from last two years ISKCON Halifax is organizing Food for Life program where Karma free food is served to homeless and food banks.