In honour of Sri Chinmoy’s birthday, his students hold a parade along Madison Avenue, from 23rd Street to 72nd Street, in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy walks along with the marchers and floats. Afterwards, everyone goes to the Jharna-Kala Gallery in Grand Central Station for a special meditation and a talk by Sri Chinmoy, entitled ‘Aspiration, Vision, Speed and Strength’. In the evening, Sri Chinmoy and his students travel to Stamford, Connecticut, to watch Jala Ramane — an all-female water ballet — performed by the Centre swimming teams.
Sri Chinmoy and his students perform an evening concert (8 p.m.) at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony and in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy and New York City Mayor David Dinkins walk together in the lead of the parade.
Sri Chinmoy receives birthday greetings from the world-uacclaimed violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (426) — the 26th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 39 people at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts P.C. Sorcar, Jr., India’s most famous magician, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy receives birthday greetings from the Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Shibendu Lahiri, great-grandson of Sri Lahiri Mahashoy, great Bengali yogi of the 19th century, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 458 lbs. on a double platform one-arm apparatus in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs his heaviest one-arm lift (one person plus apparatus weighing 406 lbs.) using a double platform, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy performs a 580-lbs. seated leg press weight stack lift, in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy lifts one man plus apparatus weighing 462 lbs. using a shoulder ‘shrug’, in Jamaica, NY, USA.