PHILOSOPHER

Ramana Maharshi

1879 - 1950

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Ramana Maharshi (Sanskrit pronunciation: [ˈɾɐ.mɐ.ɳɐ mɐˈɦɐɾ.ʂi]; 30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta (liberated being). He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.He was born in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India in 1879. In 1895, an attraction to the sacred hill Arunachala and the 63 Nayanmars was aroused in him, and in 1896, at the age of 16, he had a "death-experience" where he became aware of a "current" or "force" (avesam) which he recognized as his true "I" or "self", and which he later identified with "the personal God, or Iswara", that is, Shiva. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramana Maharshi has received more than 2,951,978 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Ramana Maharshi is the 301st most popular philosopher (down from 287th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from India (down from 80th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Ramana Maharshi is most famous for his teachings and spiritual guidance. He is often referred to as the "saint of Arunachala" and is known for his advices on how to live a life of peace and contentment.

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Over the past year Ramana Maharshi has had the most page views in the with 441,304 views, followed by Telugu (25,944), and Spanish (25,503). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bashkir (105.17%), Basque (85.23%), and Malagasy (43.74%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ramana Maharshi ranks 301 out of 1,267. Before him are Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Alexander of Aphrodisias, James Ussher, Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. After him are Sebastian Brant, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Abu Yusuf, Henri Lefebvre, Robert Nozick, and Hwang Jini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Ramana Maharshi ranks 21. Before him are Milutin Milanković, Hans Luther, Rudolf von Laban, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ottorino Respighi, and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted. After him are Shunroku Hata, Sarojini Naidu, Francis Peyton Rous, Joseph Wirth, Italo Gariboldi, and Henri Giraud. Among people deceased in 1950, Ramana Maharshi ranks 23. Before him are Kurt Weill, Sri Aurobindo, Emil Jannings, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and George Minot. After him are Roman Shukhevych, Nicolai Hartmann, Karl Seitz, Max Beckmann, Cesare Pavese, and Kuniaki Koiso.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ramana Maharshi ranks 82 out of 1,861. Before him are William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Maudgalyayana (-568), Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), Sher Shah Suri (1486), and Samudragupta (335). After him are Rajendra Prasad (1884), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Nathuram Godse (1910), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Bindusara (-320), and Pete Best (1941).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ramana Maharshi ranks 13. Before him are Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Vyasa (-390), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Padmasambhava (717), Sri Aurobindo (1872), and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893). After him are Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Ramanuja (1017), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Buddhaghosa (401), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883).

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