Hare Krishna Temple, Toronto

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The Hare Krishna Temple (also known as ISKCON Toronto) is located at 243 Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[https://torontokrishna.com/contact-us Contact Us], ISKCON Toronto. The building is the former home of the Avenue Road Church. It is now one of Canada's largest Hare Krishna places of worship.{{cite book|last1=Christopherson|first1=Jeff|last2=Lake|first2=Mac|title=Kingdom First: Starting Churches that Shape Movements|date=2015|publisher=B&H Publishing Group|isbn=9781433688836|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r0_9CAAAQBAJ&q=Avenue+Road+Church+sell+to+Hare+Krishna&pg=PA79|language=en}}

The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style by the Toronto architectural firm of Gordon & Helliwell. It was built in 1899 and was originally the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.{{Cite web |url=http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2011.nsf/BuildingsAll/2E227F1962B4CC5985257859006F327B?OpenDocument |title=City of Toronto – Doors Open 2011 – Hare Krishna Temple |access-date=30 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528211559/http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2011.nsf/BuildingsAll/2E227F1962B4CC5985257859006F327B?OpenDocument |archive-date=28 May 2013 |url-status=dead }} It was bought by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) around 1976.[https://www.acotoronto.ca/show_building.php?BuildingID=2553 Church of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness], Toronto Architectural Conservancy.