1953 - Today
Sri Mātā Amritānandamayī (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 1,921,647 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mata Amritanandamayi is the 1,170th most popular religious figure (down from 1,091st in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from India (down from 166th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 1,170 out of 2,238. Before her are Lidwina, Ulrich of Augsburg, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Junípero Serra, and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria. After her are Apollos, Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy, Saint Mercurius, Francesco Barberini, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, and Billy Meier.
1380 - 1433
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,164
890 - 973
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,165
1731 - 1805
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 1,166
1679 - 1738
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 1,167
1713 - 1784
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 1,168
1649 - 1664
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 1,169
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,170
100 - 100
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,171
1057 - 1093
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 1,172
224 - 250
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 1,173
1597 - 1679
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 1,174
650 - 680
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 1,175
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 1,176
Among people born in 1953, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 76. Before her are Gaetano Scirea, Tim Allen, Alberto Zaccheroni, Tom Hulce, Guy Verhofstadt, and David Berkowitz. After her are Hans Krankl, Loalwa Braz, Dave Evans, Mary Steenburgen, Najib Razak, and András Schiff.
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 70
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 71
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 72
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 73
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 74
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 75
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 76
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 77
1953 - 2017
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 78
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 79
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 80
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 81
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 82
Among people born in India, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 193 out of 1,493. Before her are Motilal Nehru (1861), Narayana Guru (1855), Dignāga (480), Shantanu (null), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), and Nana Sahib (1824). After her are Ajay Devgn (1969), Eknath (1533), Śāntarakṣita (725), Kalpana Chawla (1961), Dharmendra (1935), and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905).
1861 - 1931
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 187
1855 - 1928
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 188
480 - 540
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 189
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 190
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 191
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 192
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 193
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 194
1533 - 1599
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 195
725 - 788
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 196
1961 - 2003
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 197
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 198
1905 - 1977
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 199
Among religious figures born in India, Mata Amritanandamayi ranks 20. Before her are Anthony de Mello (1931), Ravi Shankar (1956), Jayadeva (1170), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), and Guru Arjan (1563). After her are Śāntarakṣita (725), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Tilopa (928), George Alencherry (1945), Inayat Khan (1882), and Meher Baba (1894).
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 14
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 15
1170 - 1245
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 16
1835 - 1918
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 17
1896 - 1977
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 18
1563 - 1606
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 19
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 20
725 - 788
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 21
1865 - 1887
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 22
928 - 1009
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 23
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 24
1882 - 1927
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 25
1894 - 1969
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 26