during these years the arya pratinidhi sabha was led by pandit lakshmidatt shivaprasad. he organized a pandit's training course and founded a pandit's council. later he also founded a ladies council. in 1969 the first female pandit was ordained, almost twenty years later than in suriname. and in 1975 the arya virdal was established, an aryan youth organization. furthermore, shivaprasad revived the caribbean vedic council in these years. when shivaprasad trained also some men of lower background to become "pandit"s, there emerged some resistance. shivaprasad persisted however. in these period the membership was even enriched by some creoles. but they never visited the meetings and were, in fact, not really accepted.