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Sri Chinmoy’s students hold a parade in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA, to  celebrate  his Jharna-Kala artworks achievements.

Sri Chinmoy holds an open air mediation with his students in the forest at Bear Mountain State Park, located on the west bank of the Hudson River in upstate  New York, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best long jump in the West of 3.71 metres at the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day at Fox Lane High School, Bedford, NY, USA.

A mention of Sri Chinmoy’s Jhana Kala art gallery is noted by The New York Times in an article about the changing face of Madison Ave. in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best javelin throw in the West of 29.96 metres at the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 24 children, members of the Omsk Choir from Siberia, Russia, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Zimbabwe is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy inaugurates Aspiration-Temple at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 37 people, including Pandit Uma Shankar Mishra, sitar player, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at the Exhibition Hall of the Herson Regional Artists’ Association in Herson, Ukraine.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Aurangzeb Khan, the Tallest Man in America (8’ 0”) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for peace at the closing ceremony of the World Harmony Run, held in the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert and performs 99 songs on the esraj at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy visits  the Self-Transcendence Marathon in Rockland Lake State Park, Nyack, New York, NY, USA.  Before the start of the race, he offers a prayer and gives a short talk about the marathon. 
 

Sri Chinmoy holds a public evening meditation (7:30 p.m.) at Hunter College in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy gives a mouth organ performance with two of his students at Madal Circus in New York, NY. USA..

Sri Chinmoy’s students celebrate the upcoming 50th birthday of their spiritual teacher with a parade, incorporating marching bands, floats, banners and hundreds of participants in fancy-dress costumes. The 7-mile event, starting at 10 a.m. outside PS 86 on Parsons Blvd, circles through the borough of Queens to its destination at Aspiration-Ground, in Jamaica, Queens, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy runs a solo 100-metre time trial in a time of 15.72 seconds on Sports Day at Victory Field in Queens, New York, NY, USA.

Latvia is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Kenya is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (593) and organ recital at Riverside Church in New York, NY, USA.

Cyprus is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana, at Aspiration-Ground in, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a meditation for peace at the closing ceremony of the World Harmony Run, held in the Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Manhattan, New York.

Sri Chinmoy offers a large public meditation at 7:30 p.m. at All Angel's Church in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation and a solo concert, called  ‘Peace in the Park – Solo Performance’, at 7 p.m., held in the Seuffert Bandshell amphitheatre in Forest Park, Queens, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (312) at the Town Hall in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Culture from Donetsk University, Ukraine.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a personal best in the two-handed volleyball throw of 14.20 metres, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Bolivia, Costa Rica, Lesotho and the Netherlands are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Bosnia-Herzegovina is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 18 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy recounts two stories about Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 40 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves his heaviest multi-person platform lift – 6 women totalling 878 lbs. – Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert, performing on 74 pianos for his 74th birthday, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. He begins at 11:07 a.m. starting with ‘The Invocation’. 

A stamp featuring a photograph of Sri Chinmoy meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1988 is issued by the Republic of Zambia as part of a four-stamp commemorative set (Sheetlet II of 4xK3300) in memory of the Pontiff’s passing.

The Sri Chinmoy Centre holds its Olympic-style international Sports Day in New Paltz, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy himself participates in several of the track and field events.

Sri Chinmoy writes a collection of 39 poems on the bus returning from Sports Day in New Paltz, NY, to Jamaica, Queens, NY, USA. They are later published in his book, My California Redwoods.

Sri Chinmoy offers a 7-hour public meditation at All Angel’s Church in New York, NY, USA.

One of Sri Chinmoy’s aphorisms, from his book ‘Meditations: Food For The Soul’, appears in the August 21 issue of Forbes magazine, USA.

Sri Chinmoy’s students hold a parade in New York, NY, USA, in honour of their teachrr’s upcoming birthday (27 August). The parade route is seven miles, and the marchers and floats spread out over 700 metres. Sri Chinmoy runs one mile and waits for the parade to go by. Then again, he runs one mile and watches the parade.

Sri Chinmoy offers an evening musical concert (7 pm), with special guest performers, at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a 320½-lb. right-arm lift (double his body weight) in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a public meditation at India’s Independence Day Celebration in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is presented with Honorary Membership of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, India’s foremost cultural organisation in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a javelin throw of 29.83 metres, his best throw in twelve years, in the Sri Chinmoy Sports Day at Victory Field in Forest Hills, NY, USA.

South Africa is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Albania and Cook Islands are declared Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nations.

Rwanda is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy performs 74 pushups; throws 74 continuous basketball shots, making 22 baskets; throws 74 frisbee passes; tries on 74 different hats from around the world; and creates 122 Soul-Bird drawings in 74 seconds for his 74th birthday at Madal Circus at York College in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy receives a congratulatory letter from Frank J. Longo, Sr., Mayor of the City of Bristol, Connecticut, declaring “There is no doubt in my mind that you are a true and dedicated disciple of God.” 

Sri Chinmoy challenges himself with 60 repetitions with a Bullworker Exerciser at Maddal Circus held on the stage at John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is awarded the Order of Balboa, Panama’s highest decoration, by Foreign Minister Jorge E. Illueca of Panama, at the United Nations in New York.

Sri Chinmoy finishes the 100-metre race in a time of 15.2 seconds, at Sports Day at Fox Hill High School, Bedford, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy jogs 100 metres with Olympic gold medallist Sudhahota Carl Lewis, who racewalked, and then lifts him twice – first, using only his right arm and then, using only his left arm – at Victory Field in Forest Park, NY, USA. This is the first occasion on which Sudhahota is lifted by Sri Chinmoy.

Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (369) — the 31st of 39 concerts held in honour of Swami Vivekananda — at Julia Richman High School in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (395) in the Cultural Center at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks, hosted by UN Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury of Bangladesh, opens at the United Nations Secretariat Building in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts the world’s no. 1 surfer, Kelly Slater, and Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA. Read Kelly Slater article in ‘Tracks’ magazine...

Sri Chinmoy lifts 25 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.
 

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.
 

Sri Chinmoy achieves a lift of 500 lbs. using a seated calf raise, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the annual India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA. The Sri Chinmoy Centre enters a float in the parade.

Puerto Rico is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace Island. Although officially a territory of the USA, Sri Chinmoy regarded Puerto Rico as a separate country and in 1998 he declared it the first Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Spain is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifts Alo Devi Siddha on her birthday; and also lifts her two sisters, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy and his students participate a Centre Games Day at Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk, CT, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (158) and organ recital (41) at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy is presented with a special citation at a function commemorating the anniversary of India’s Independence, held at City Hall in Jersey City, NJ, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts100 lbs. 60 times, first with his right arm and then with his left arm, for a total of 120 times, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (425) — the 25th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performs 13,000 crunch sit-ups in 2 hours and 40 minutes, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 42 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 24 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 54 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy greets the Liberty Torch Runners as they conclude their epic 9,000-mile, non-stop relay through all 50 states of America, at the steps of Federal Hall in New York City, NY, USA. Speaking at the event, New York City Mayor Abraham Beame said, “I am proud of the fact that this super-marathon began here in Battery Park in sight of our Statue of Liberty…”

Sri Chinmoy meets with Mayor Ed Koch and receives a Special Citation from the Mayor on the steps of City Hall in New York, NY, USA.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at 133 West 24th Street, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (12) at Riverside Church in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy resumes his sprinting career in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (234) at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 61 people for a total of 9,587 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers the opening meditation at the India Day Parade Cultural Ceremony in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (424) — the 24th of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy attends the closing ceremony of the ‘Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run’ in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.

Iceland is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Chad is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert at which he plays on 70 pianos for his 70th birthday at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy performs ‘Kshamar Adarshar’, (‘Megher Koler’) the immortal Bengali story The Ideal of Forgiveness by Sri Aurobindo that Sri Chinmoy rendered into Bengali verse in 1946 at age 14. At a total of 200 lines, it is Sri Chinmoy’s longest Bengali song, in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy composes the Bengali song ‘Pranati Janai Ravi Shankar’ in honour of the great Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. Sri Chinmoy’s performance of this song is later released on a CD entitled Pranati–Obeisance and can be heard on Radio Sri Chinmoy.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 19 people, including Reverend Daniel Deane, weighing 585 lbs. in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy spontaneously composes 74 Bengali songs from previously written poems for his 74th birthday. He also sings 26 new Bengali compositions from memory, accompanying himself on the keyboard, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA. Sri Chinmoy offers these songs to his brother Chitta, who had taught him how to write poetry.

Sri Chinmoy composes the song ‘Mayor Edward Koch’ in honour of the newly elected mayor of New York City, NY, USA. The song is performed during his meeting with the mayor at City Hall the next day. (Edward ‘Ed’ Koch serves three terms as mayor of New York City from 1978–1989.)

Sri Chinmoy runs a 5-mile race in 41:23 (an 8:17/mile pace) at Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, NY, USA. It is part of a 31-day Grand Prix series.

An exhibition of Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala artworks opens at 133 West 24th Street, New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy achieves a 400-lb. lift using a seated calf raise in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy meditates on stage at the India Day Parade in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (122) and organ recital (3) at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy gives a piano performance at Public School 86 in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy offers a Peace Concert (423) — the 23rd of 50 concerts held in honour of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations — at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy’s book, ‘August 15th, 1945’, is published in New York, NY, USA. It contains the  original Bengali poem ‘Dyulok Chariye Nara Narayan’ written by thirteen-year-old Chinmoy in Pondicherry, India, on August 14th, 1945 — the day before Sri Aurobindo’s Birthday; plus his own English translation  he completed  between 9 June and 4 August, 1996.

Sri Chinmoy holds a full-day function in honour of the 50th Anniversary of India’s independence, at which he offers long meditations and paints 50 Jharna-Kala works of art and releases 50 doves. He also offers a Peace Concert (519), performing on 50 instruments – the last of 50 concerts dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of India’s Independence – at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy sets a new record for a 500-lb. seated double-dumbbell lift, in Jamaica, New York, NY, USA.

Morocco is declared a Sri Chinmoy Peace-Blossom-Nation.

Sri Chinmoy lifts 47 people in Jamaica, NY, USA.

Sri Chinmoy completes 300 Soul-Bird drawings, totalling 7,305 since he began a new style on June 9, 2005, in Jamaica, NY, USA.