Sri Chinmoy plays the esraj at his Jharna-Kala Gallery at Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York City. The gallery, which has exhibited Sri Chinmoy’s artworks for five months, will close in January 1978.
[In the background, behind Sri Chinmoy’s attendant Chindanada Burke, is the leader of the London Centre Sushumna Mary Plumbly who is in New York to celebrate her birthday — January 15th — with Sri Chinmoy. Behind her, is Ankhi Elliot on her first visit to New York.]