A giant torch was unveiled on 17 April 2014 in honour of Indian spiritual
leader Chinmoy Kumar Ghose in New York, USA. Torch unveiled is a
replica of the Olympic torch. The 25 foot tall torch was unveiled by Ashrita
Furman.

The torch was unveiled to honour the 50 years of Ghose. Chinmoy Kumar
Ghose 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 kg.