List of all members
As well as being an enthusiastic golfer and runner, Pranam is a member of a group of Sri Chinmoy's students that have embarked on a project to learn and sing all 22,000 of his songs.
Sumangali is a member of the York Sri Chinmoy Centre. She is a keen writer, and has written a book about her life with Sri Chinmoy, entitled 'Auspicious Good Fortune'.
Sometime after starting to practise meditation regularly, Patanga became inspired to share this gift, and now he gives meditation classes in many cities in Brazil. He especially enjoys singing and sports, and he is now training for endurance triathlons.
Jayasalini hails from Russia and has been practising meditation for more than seven years under Sri Chinmoy. An accomplished ultra-marathon runner, triathlete and book author, she ran numerous times the Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence 6 and 10 day races and an ironman triathlon. She now gives meditation classes in former Soviet Union.
Ambarish works as an architect. In his member site, he shares his poetry as well as his experiences visiting the little-travelled country of Bhutan.
Samalya became a student of Sri Chinmoy when he was 19. A talented athlete, he holds a current mile PB of 4:18. He also loves music, and recorded his first CD with the group Ashru Dhara in 2011.
Originally from Colombia, Hridananda came to Iceland to study and now calls it home. A versatile musician and composer, he assists with arranging Sri Chinmoy's melodies to be performed by the 75-member Gandharva Loka Orchestra at concerts around the world.
Ghantika and her whole family became students of Sri Chinmoy. Ghantika plays the saxophone in Bartika's Jazz Group, an all-female group that performs Sri Chinmoy‘s melodies in a combination of jazz, rock and pop styles.
Abhejali is a talented athlete, having won the Czech national 24 hour athletic championships in 2000 and successfully swum the English Channel in 2011. She often joins the international World Harmony Run team of runners in their travels to various parts of the world.
Visuddhi frequently performs at Songs of the Soul concerts worldwide, playing the Celtic harp accompanied by her husband Mandu on Chinese erhu. From her childhood, she has had a special love for nature and is an avid outdoor enthusiast.
Ujjwala started meditating when she was 15. She is an accomplished race-walker, frequently finishing in the top 3 in the Self-Transcendence 12 Hour walk held every April in New York.
Pranlobha has travelled around the world with both the Sri Chinmoy Centre and the World Harmony Run. She is also a keen photographer.
Papaha is an artist and musician who owns a gallery and art studio that focuses on showing spiritual contemporary art and producing commercial design. Inspired by the example of Sri Chinmoy he also lives a very athletic lifestyle teaching tennis part time, along with enjoying many other sports activities in sunny San Diego.
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Manatita originally from Grenada in the West Indies, later moved to the UK where he became a student of Sri Chinmoy in 1982. He works as a nurse and has been an active participant in the World Harmony Run in Great Britain and Africa.
Toshala is the proprietor of the Blue-Bird vegetarian cafe, which provides a peaceful atmosphere for the people of Auckland to dine in. A singer and accomplished piano accordionist, Toshala is also a member of the international women's group Shindhu.