Who: in honour of Indian spiritual leader Chinmoy Kumar Gosh
Where: New York, USA
When: 17 April 2014
What: A giant torch was unveiled
A giant torch was unveiled on 17 April 2014 in honour of Indian Spiritual leader Chinmoy Kumar Gosh in New York, USA. Torch unveiled is a replica of Olympic torch. The 25 foot (25') tall torch was unveiled by Ashrita Furman
The torch was unveiled to honour 50 years of Gosh. Chinmoy Kumar Gosh had moved to New York from India in April 1964
The torch is considered as the world's largest and a replica of Olympic torch. The huge torch is 11 times larger than the Olympic torch used in the 1998 Winter Olympic games to carry the flame from Athens to Nagano in Japan and weighs 1200 Kgs
Furman who constructed the aluminium and steel torch over three weeks credited the teaching of Gosh for his teaching. Through the torch, Furman could make a new Guinness record
in the peace run torch relay, 50 ambassadors and 300 runners also set a new Guinness record for reciting a poem on peace by the spiritual leader in 206 languages
The peace run torch was founded by Ghose in 1987. Since its inception the relay has been held across 140 countries
Where: New York, USA
When: 17 April 2014
What: A giant torch was unveiled
A giant torch was unveiled on 17 April 2014 in honour of Indian Spiritual leader Chinmoy Kumar Gosh in New York, USA. Torch unveiled is a replica of Olympic torch. The 25 foot (25') tall torch was unveiled by Ashrita Furman
The torch was unveiled to honour 50 years of Gosh. Chinmoy Kumar Gosh had moved to New York from India in April 1964
The torch is considered as the world's largest and a replica of Olympic torch. The huge torch is 11 times larger than the Olympic torch used in the 1998 Winter Olympic games to carry the flame from Athens to Nagano in Japan and weighs 1200 Kgs
Furman who constructed the aluminium and steel torch over three weeks credited the teaching of Gosh for his teaching. Through the torch, Furman could make a new Guinness record
in the peace run torch relay, 50 ambassadors and 300 runners also set a new Guinness record for reciting a poem on peace by the spiritual leader in 206 languages
The peace run torch was founded by Ghose in 1987. Since its inception the relay has been held across 140 countries
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