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WOULD YOU BELIEVE? — Indian spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy of Jamaica set what is considered to be a world record at 12 a.m. this morning when he completed 16,031 paintings in 24 hours. The paintings, which ranged from two by three foot canvases to wallet-sized miniatures, were completed in his home “in order to inspire humanity.”
Published in LONG ISLAND PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1975
Media Coverage
of Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting
Since Sri Chinmoy resumed weightlifting in September 1998, at the age of 67, the media has followed his adventures with great interest, airing footage of his elephant and plane lifts, as well as his double-arm, seated calf and standing calf raises. Sri Chinmoy’s daring feats and his love of self-transcendence, specially in the face of his advancing years, have offered inspiration for young and old alike. Moreover, the paradox of a man who is at once a spiritual leader, a musician, a poet and a weightlifter has captured the imagination of people worldwide who have posed the question, “Is he one man or ten?” Sri Chinmoy’s weightlifting anniversary on November 17th was seen around the world multiple times on the following news and sports programmes:
Television
CNN Sports Illustrated
CNN International
CNN Headline News
CNN Spanish
NBC News Channel
ABC News One
ESPN International
Channel 10 Sports Tonight, Australia
CTV Canada
National TV, Germany, Austria, Switzerland
National TV, Russia, Channel One
National TV, Yugoslavia
WWOR Channel 9 New York
WABC Channel 7 New York
WTMJ NBC Milwaukee
WBNS CBS Columbus
WDIV NBC Detroit
KGW NBC Portland
KFOR NBC Oklahoma City
SNTV Associated Press Broadcast Sports
RADIO Berlin One Radio
CNN Radio (Sports)
Agence France Press
Daily News, New York
The Queens Tribune
Queens Courier
Queens Chronicle
The Times Ledger, New York
The Weekly Thikana (a Bangladesh paper in New York)
The New Probashi (a Bangladesh paper in New York)
India Post, New York
Delo (Czech Republic)
Trhák (Slovakia)
Published in The body’s fitness-gong, the soul’s fulness-song