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Jagadguru Swami Ramananda (IAST: Rāmānanda) or Ramanandacharya was an Indian 14th-century Hindu Vaishnava devotional poet saint, who lived in the Gangetic basin of northern India. The Hindu tradition recognizes him as the founder of the Ramanandi Sampradaya, the largest monastic Hindu renunciant community in modern times. Born in a Kanyakubja Brahmin family, Ramananda for the most part of his life lived in the holy city of Varanasi. His date of birth is December 30, while his date of death is uncertain, but historical evidence suggests he was one of the earliest saints and a pioneering figure of the Bhakti movement as it rapidly grew in North India, sometime between the 14th and mid-15th century during its Islamic rule period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramananda has received more than 818,248 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ramananda is the 902nd most popular philosopher (up from 1,039th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from India (up from 493rd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ramananda ranks 902 out of 1,267. Before him are Bernard Williams, Hugo Kołłątaj, Dominicus Gundissalinus, Nikolay Lossky, Paul de Man, and William of Conches. After him are Michael Löwy, Gregory of Tatev, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, Lastheneia of Mantinea, Jacques-André Naigeon, and Hermias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Ramananda ranks 28. Before him are Gjon Kastrioti, Irene Asanina, John, Constable of Portugal, Michael Szilágyi, Johann Fust, and Charles I of Albret. After him are Stephen Ostojić of Bosnia, Andronikos Palaiologos, Irene Palaiologina, Hans Multscher, Michael Critobulus, and David IX of Georgia.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ramananda ranks 385 out of 1,861. Before him are Orde Wingate (1903), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Rani Padmini (null), The Great Khali (1972), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), and Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886). After him are Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Nitish Kumar (1951), Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892), Sumitranandan Pant (1900), Iskander Mirza (1899), and Sundar Pichai (1972).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Ramananda ranks 38. Before him are Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897), Sarada Devi (1853), Vallabha (1479), Rishabhanatha (null), Rambhadracharya (1950), and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700). After him are Jaimini (-390), Debendranath Tagore (1817), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), and Derek Prince (1915).

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