RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mata Amritanandamayi

1953 - Today

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Sri Mātā Amritānandamayī Devi (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), often known as Amma ("Mother"), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers. She is the chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a multi-campus research university. In 2018, she was felicitated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making the largest contribution to the Government of India's Clean India Campaign Swachh Bharat Mission. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mata Amritanandamayi has received more than 2,056,214 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mata Amritanandamayi is the 866th most popular religious figure (up from 1,161st in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from India (up from 190th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 866 out of 3,187. Before her are Saturnin, Saint Emeric of Hungary, Basil Fool for Christ, Julia Pastrana, Al-Bayhaqi, and Peter of Verona. After her are Lawrence of Brindisi, Mikao Usui, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tarasios of Constantinople, Hélder Câmara, and Dayananda Saraswati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 51. Before her are Wang Yi, Lloyd Austin, Lenín Moreno, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Tess Gerritsen, and Cha Bum-kun. After her are David Morse, Roberto Bolaño, Gaetano Scirea, José María Aznar, Kristalina Georgieva, and Ron Jeremy.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 127 out of 1,861. Before her are Vishvamitra (-2000), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Buddhaghosa (401), Ravi Shankar (1956), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), and Dadabhai Naoroji (1825). After her are Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 12. Before her are Mahākāśyapa (-550), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Maudgalyayana (-568), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), and Ravi Shankar (1956). After her are Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Guru Arjan (1563), and Jayadeva (1170).

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