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Lahiri Mahasaya

1828 - 1895

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Shyama Charan Lahiri (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895), best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi and guru who founded the Kriya Yoga school. He was a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. According to the book America's Alternative Religions by Timothy Miller, Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as a demonstration of the spiritual attainment that could be achieved by a householder "living fully in the world". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lahiri Mahasaya has received more than 1,153,217 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Lahiri Mahasaya is the 10,266th most popular politician (down from 9,684th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from India (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 119th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 10,266 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaius Antonius, Charles Evans Hughes, Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Andrei Kirilenko, Yohannes IV, and Władysław Czartoryski. After him are Momir Bulatović, Jean Ping, Vasco Gonçalves, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Nie Rongzhen, and Inoue Kaoru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 36. Before him are George Meredith, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Rainilaiarivony, Joseph Dietzgen, Andrew Taylor Still, and Władysław Czartoryski. After him are Mór Than, Charles Floquet, Étienne Carjat, Herman Grimm, Franjo Rački, and Viktor Rydberg. Among people deceased in 1895, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 46. Before him are Tomoji Tanabe, Albert F. Mummery, Władysław Podkowiński, Karl Vogt, Karl Schenk, and Benjamin Godard. After him are Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, L. L. Langstroth, Eugen Langen, Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, and Sophie Adlersparre.

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In India

Among people born in India, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 362 out of 1,861. Before him are Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), Salima Sultan Begum (1539), Nirmala Srivastava (1923), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Rash Behari Bose (1886), and Asima Chatterjee (1917). After him are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), C. R. Rao (1920), Skandagupta (500), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Rana Sanga (1482), and Guru Har Krishan (1656).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 119. Before him are Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Guru Hargobind (1595), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1864), and Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725). After him are Skandagupta (500), Rana Sanga (1482), Girija Prasad Koirala (1924), Dara Shukoh (1615), Gupta (240), and Rani Padmini (null).

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