RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nirmala Srivastava

1923 - 2011

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Nirmala Srivastava (née Nirmala Salve; 21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011), also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, was the founder and guru of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nirmala Srivastava has received more than 793,908 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Nirmala Srivastava is the 1,828th most popular religious figure (up from 2,064th in 2019), the 358th most popular biography from India (up from 425th in 2019) and the 36th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 1,828 out of 3,187. Before her are Felix of Byzantium, Alessandro Albani, Dorotheus of Tyre, Henri Langlois, Juvenal of Jerusalem, and Peter Hans Kolvenbach. After her are Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Lupus of Troyes, Innocent of Alaska, Pinedjem II, and Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 167. Before her are Hjalmar Andersen, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Ahmet Ertegun, Harrison Dillard, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, and Tonino Delli Colli. After her are Menahem Pressler, Bob Barker, Cesare Siepi, Nazik Al-Malaika, Linda Darnell, and Inge Morath. Among people deceased in 2011, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 143. Before her are Michael Dummett, John Wood, Hind Rostom, Andrea True, Harri Holkeri, and Anatole Abragam. After her are Josip Katalinski, Anne McCaffrey, Jackie Cooper, Bora Kostić, Sándor Képíró, and Ali-Reza Pahlavi.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 358 out of 1,861. Before her are Zeb-un-Nissa (1638), Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Rishi Kapoor (1952), Aruna Asaf Ali (1909), and Salima Sultan Begum (1539). After her are Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Rash Behari Bose (1886), Asima Chatterjee (1917), Lahiri Mahasaya (1828), Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), and C. R. Rao (1920).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 36. Before her are Mahinda (-285), Swaminarayan (1781), Tilopa (928), Inayat Khan (1882), Telesphore Toppo (1939), and Abbé Faria (1756). After her are Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Joseph Vaz (1651), Ivan Dias (1936), and Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889).

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