As a young child, Madal (Chinmoy) is brought to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, by his parents for the first time for a short visit. At just under 2 years of age, he travels with his family on the four-day steam train journey from Chittagong in East Bengal. The family undertakes three more round trips to the Ashram in 1936, 1939 and 1941 – each time covering the arduous, 5,000-km journey – before all children finally become permanent members of the Ashram after both parents pass away in 1944. Read more...
Sri Chinmoy held a small group meditation at the summer home of Mr. Sam Spanier in Mount Tremper, NY, USA
Sri Chinmoy meditates at a special function to honour Indira Gandhi at the United Nations in New York.
Sri Chinmoy is interviewed by KPFK-FM radio in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Listen to the interview...
Sudhahota Carl Lewis presents Sri Chinmoy with his winner’s bouquet, moments after receiving his gold medal for the 100 metres at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sri Chinmoy carries the Peace Torch for the last leg of the first Peace Run in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy celebrates the 55th anniversary of his first visit to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram on August 8, 1933 – in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy presents the U Thant Peace Award to Siddhartha Shankar Ray, India’s Ambassador to the United States, during a special tribute programme in his honour, at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (416) — the 16th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy completes 1,301 poems in 22 hours and 45 minutes, later published in Two God-Amusement-Rivals: My Heart-Song-Beauty And My Life-Dance-Fragrance, Parts 1-13, at an average pace of one poem every 63 seconds, his most prolific outpouring written within a 24-hour period, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Pondicherry in India is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom. Sri Chinmoy receives a congratulatory letter from Dr. Rajani Ra, Lieutenant-Governor of Pondicherry.
Mauritius is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.
Sri Chinmoy receives the Heart of Vanuatu Award.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 26 people, including numerous professors at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ, USA. He also gives a short esraj concert.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Regional Museum in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.