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Sri Chinmoy paints ‘Larger than the Largest’, a 12-by-27-foot canvas, in two hours between 5:45 p.m. and 7:45 p.m., at the Jharna-Kala Gallery, 224 Mercer Street, Greenwich Village, New York City.

The Third Jharna-Kala Gallery

April saw the opening and closing of the third Jharna-Kala Gallery in Manhattan, this one next door to its immediate predecessor, at 224 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village. More than 10,000 paintings were displayed in the spacious gallery.

During the month it was open, the gallery was the scene of several evenings of entertainment for professional people and members of the United Nations staff. Senor Juan Albors, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was received there by Sri Chinmoy on the afternoon of April 24th on his way to a conference in Europe. The gallery was also visited by Mr. Henry Geldzahler, curator of The 20th Century Collection of New York’s famous Metropolitan Museum of Art.

On April 29th, just days before the gallery closed, Sri Chinmoy painted his largest painting yet, a 12 x 27 foot canvas. Its harmonious beauty and majesty have inspired many disciples to write essays and articles about it, which will be collected and printed.

Published in AUM — Vol.II-3, No. 4, April 27, 1976. 

Sri Chinmoy paints two large Jharna-Kala artworks, each measuring approximately 5 by 8 feet, in 13 minutes — one in 6 minutes and the other in 7 minutes — on the front porch of his home in Jamaica, New York, USA. He then entrusts them to Annam Brahma for safekeeping. Over the years, they have been exhibited in various galleries. The paintings continue to be on permanent display at Annam Brahma restaurant in Jamaica, New York.

A poster advertising Sri Chinmoy’s Jharna-Kala exhibition — 17 November through 3 December — at the Center for Music, Drama and Art, Lake Placid, New York, during the XIII Olympic Winter Games. Closing address by Sri Chinmoy on 3 December at 12 noon. The topic of the address: The Whole Man.

Sri Chinmoy completes 400,000 Soul-Bird drawings since he began on December 29, 1991.

Sri Chinmoy completes his 100,000th Jharna-Kala painting in Jamaica, NY, USA. From November 19, 1974, when he first began painting, it took just 10½ months for him to reach his goal. During the final 10 days of his painting marathon, he barely slept, completing as many as 5,000 works per day.

The above Jharna Kala was selected to be the cover image for the box set of Everest-Aspiration (including parts 1-4) published 27 August 1977.

Sri Chinmoy paints ‘C.K.G. Transcends’, a 13x69-foot canvas, in the boiler room of John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, New York. Sri Chinmoy begins painting at 7:46 a.m. and just 2 hours and 29 minutes later, he completes the monumental artwork.