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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 1,083,000 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lahiri Mahasaya is the 9,711th most popular politician (up from 10,134th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from India and the 109th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 9,711 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Burgred of Mercia, Archidamus I, Manlia Scantilla, Grégoire Kayibanda, and Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin. After him are Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg, Viktor Medvedchuk, Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, and Mikhail Rodzianko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 35. Before him are Charles de Freycinet, Władysław Czartoryski, George Meredith, Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry, Josephine Butler, and Joseph Dietzgen. After him are Meyer Guggenheim, Rainilaiarivony, Étienne Carjat, Mikhail Chernyayev, Herman Grimm, and Franjo Rački. Among people deceased in 1895, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 43. Before him are Stefan Stambolov, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, Karl Vogt, Benjamin Godard, and Albert F. Mummery. After him are Eugen Langen, Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, John Wesley Hardin, Camilla Collett, Sophie Adlersparre, and Ahmed Cevdet Pasha.

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In India

Among people born in India, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 336 out of 1,493. Before him are Rani Padmini (null), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Vaz (1651), and Alamgir II (1699). After him are Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Iskander Mirza (1899), Guru Har Rai (1630), Baji Rao II (1775), Sharad Pawar (1940), and Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Lahiri Mahasaya ranks 109. Before him are Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), Chandra Shekhar (1927), Rana Sanga (1482), Rani Padmini (null), Rajendra Chola I (1000), and Alamgir II (1699). After him are Iskander Mirza (1899), Guru Har Rai (1630), Baji Rao II (1775), Sharad Pawar (1940), Mohammad Hidayatullah (1905), and Rajnath Singh (1951).

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