Sri Chinmoy hosts a function for doctors at the Jharna-Kala gallery at 937 Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the official benediction at the first Pan American Track and Field Masters Championship, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Read more...

Sri Chinmoy runs the 100-metre event at the Pan American Track & Field Masters Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He clocks a time of 16.01 seconds.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (464) at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy spontaneously comments on 24 spiritual words offered by his disciples. They are subsequently published in the first part of Rainbow-Flowers, part 3.

The Philippines and St. Vincent are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Côte d’Ivoire is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

The first Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Marathon is held in Rockland Lake State Park, Congers, NY, USA, attracting over 700 runners. It becomes an annual event. Watch the video of the first race...

Sri Chinmoy performs a 140-lb. wrist curl 20 times with each wrist in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Martina Navratilova, legendary tennis player, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts his own small car in the driveway of Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy composes the song, ‘Madal, Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy, Guru’. These are the names by which Sri Chinmoy has been known — Madal, as a young boy; Chinmoy, during his years at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram; Sri Chinmoy, publicly in the West; and Guru, by his disciples and friends.