An article about Sri Chinmoy by David Burke, ‘Guru Leads Youths to ‘Divine’ Work’, is published in one of the leading daily American newspapers, The Washington Post.
Sixty members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team begin a 300-mile relay run through Connecticut, USA, lasting approximately 44 hours. It is called ‘The Constitution State Relay Run’ and is held to honour Sri Chinmoy’s 10 years of service to the people of Connecticut. At one point, Sri Chinmoy runs with the runners carrying the flag.
Sri Chinmoy meets with Bob Beamon, 1968 Olympic long-jump champion, at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at Laval University in Quebec, QC, Canada.
Sri Chinmoy attends the dedication ceremony of the Sri Chinmoy ‘Friedens-Meile’ in Brandenburg Gate Park, just 40 metres from the Berlin Wall. It is the first Sri Chinmoy Peace Mile dedicated in Germany. He runs the one-mile race in a time of 8 minutes, 43 seconds.
An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at Galerie in der Fasanenstrasse in Berlin, Germany.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert in honour of India’s 50th Anniversary of Independence — the 39th in a series of 50 concerts during 1997 — at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA.
Japan and Switzerland are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom Nations.
Sri Chinmoy lifts 42 people, including Milka Singh, Indian track star – ‘The Flying Sikh’ – and his son Chiranjeev, famous Indian golfer, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.
Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at the United Nations in New York.