organization called Vaidika Dharam Pracharak Sabha. Later, when they asked for official recognition with the colonial authorities they changed this name into Vedic Dharam Arya Sabha of Trinidad. The new organization meant a big threat to the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Trinidad, but this threat was averted when the government decided to give the three pandits of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Trinidad the right to become official marriage officers. In the 1950s the two leaders of the Vedic Dharam Arya Sabha of Trinidad returned to the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Trinidad and Pandit Bhogi Dass became a Marriage Officer as well. In 1947 Solomon Moosai-Maharaj, who later in the 1950s was himself president of the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Trinidad, succeeded in forming a Caribbean Vedic Parishad, a new co-operation body of Aryan umbrella organizations of various countries in the Caribbean. The council convened for the first time in Curepe. During the next years it held a conference every year. 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 pandits, 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. 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 pandits, 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. In 1980 Shivaprasad was replaced by Pandit Harinath Seereeram Maharaj, who put more emphasis on the Brahmanic background of some members in the organization. All these troubles