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The Cult Dossier · No. 126 · Eastern-Derived
Sri Chinmoy Centre
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1964 – present · Queens, New York; worldwide
XII. THE WIDER FIELD — CONCISE ENTRIES
Fully religious
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- 1964 Arrives in New York from India.
- 1970 Begins leading UN meditation group.
- 1970s–2000s Global network of centres; marathon and music events.
- 11 OCTOBER 2007 Sri Chinmoy dies, aged 76. NO SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED; his students continue the work collectively through the branch centres.
- 2024–2025 STILL RUNNING, and visibly. Andrea Marcato won the 2024 Self-Transcendence Race, his fifth straight win, and the 2025 edition started on 30 August with 11 runners. The European ONENESS-HOME PEACE RUN set off on 6 MARCH 2024 after the Peace Torch was symbolically lit AT THE VATICAN BY POPE FRANCIS, and ran until 18 October. The Marathon Team, the Peace Run and the ONENESS-HEART TEARS AND SMILES aid programme all continue.
### Its people
### Sri Chinmoy
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
Founder, the Sri Chinmoy Centre · 27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007 · active 1964–2007
Before the law. Never charged.
Where things stand. Deceased 2007. The centres continue.
- 1964 Arrives in New York from India.
- 1970 Begins leading the UN meditation group.
- 1970s–2000s Global centres; marathon and music events.
- 11 October 2007 Dies, aged 76. No successor is appointed.
Checked 2026-09-16
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