another split occurred in 1968, when a group of twelve persons including the "sabha"'s former president, solomon moosai-maharaj, founded the vedic mission of trinidad and tobago with narine persad as their first president. the new organization counted many members from madrasi background. one of its "pandit"s, moonsammy gowandan, was also a madrasi himself. however, after the demise of solomon moosai-maharaj in 1975 the mission started to wane and in 1985 some members had returned to the arya pratinidhi sabha of trinidad. the vedic mission of trinidad and tobago continued on with pandit moonsammy gowandan and pandit moonilal ganpat with weekly services.