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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mahavira

599 BC - 527 BC

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Mahavira (Sanskrit: महावीर), also known as Vardhamana, was the 24th tirthankara (supreme preacher) of Jainism. He was the spiritual successor of the 23rd tirthankara Parshvanatha. Mahavira was born in the early part of the 6th century BCE into a royal Kshatriya family in ancient India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahavira has received more than 4,584,961 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahavira is the 360th most popular religious figure (up from 401st in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from India (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Mahavira is most famous for being the founder of Jainism. He was a prince who renounced his throne and became a monk.

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  • 69.23

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  • 74

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  • 5.86

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mahavira ranks 360 out of 2,238. Before him are Hosea, Saint Monica, Muhammad al-Mahdi, Pope Vitalian, Saint Apollonia, and Pope Zosimus. After him are Saint Nino, Maya, Pope Hormisdas, Pope Victor III, Pope Simplicius, and Pope Anastasius I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 599 BC, Mahavira ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 527 BC, Mahavira ranks 2. Before him is Peisistratos.

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    Mahavira

    599 BC - 527 BC

    HPI: 69.23

    Rank: 1

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahavira ranks 36 out of 1,493. Before him are Valmiki (-80), Aryabhata (476), Aurangzeb (1618), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Padmasambhava (717), and Amartya Sen (1933). After him are Julie Christie (1940), Rani of Jhansi (1828), Jahangir (1569), Brahmagupta (598), Tulsidas (1532), and Sariputta (-568).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Mahavira ranks 3. Before him are Ānanda (-600) and Sathya Sai Baba (1926). After him are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Maudgalyayana (-568), Radha (null), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), and Dayananda Saraswati (1824).

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