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PHILOSOPHER

Narayana Guru

1855 - 1928

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Sree Narayana Guru (IPA: [nɑːrɑːjɐɳɐ guˈru]) (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He led a reform movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual enlightenment and social equality. A quote of his that has become popular: "one caste, one religion, and one god for all human beings". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Narayana Guru has received more than 2,059,356 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Narayana Guru is the 575th most popular philosopher (up from 708th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from India (up from 211th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Narayana Guru ranks 575 out of 1,081. Before him are Paul Virilio, Zhang Daoling, Barlaam of Seminara, Yang Zhu, Thomas Reid, and Hans Blumenberg. After him are Hermann Lotze, Dignāga, Arete of Cyrene, Diogenes of Babylon, Gongsun Long, and Hu Shih.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Narayana Guru ranks 25. Before him are Axel Paulsen, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Živojin Mišić, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Anatoly Lyadov, and Vlaho Bukovac. After him are King C. Gillette, Evelyn De Morgan, Guido Adler, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Edwin Hall, and Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. Among people deceased in 1928, Narayana Guru ranks 35. Before him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Lala Lajpat Rai, Mauritz Stiller, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Jan Toorop, and Pavel Axelrod. After him are José Sánchez del Río, Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Hideyo Noguchi, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Léon Duguit, and Antonio Abetti.

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In India

Among people born in India, Narayana Guru ranks 188 out of 1,493. Before him are M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Abdul Karim (1863), Salim Ali (1896), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Girish Karnad (1938), and Motilal Nehru (1861). After him are Dignāga (480), Shantanu (null), Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879), Nana Sahib (1824), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Ajay Devgn (1969).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Narayana Guru ranks 28. Before him are Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Shantideva (685), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), and Chandrakirti (600). After him are Dignāga (480), Eknath (1533), Thiruvalluvar (350), Hemachandra (1089), Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), and Sarada Devi (1853).

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