Sri Chinmoy receives the Mahatma Gandhi Universal Harmony Award together with Coretta Scott King, wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan banquet commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s 125th Birth Anniversary held at the Hilton Hotel in Manhattan, New York.
“I accept this award, humbled that you have chosen me along with such an esteemed spiritual leader as Sri Chinmoy.” — Coretta Scott King
Sri Chinmoy first meets Ramaswami Venkataraman, former President of India, at the Mahatma Gandhi Universal Harmony Award ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in New York.