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Ravi Shankar

1956 - Today

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Ravi Shankar (born 13 May 1956) is an Indian guru and spiritual leader. He is also referred to as Sri Sri or Gurudev. From around the mid 1970s, he worked as an apprentice under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ravi Shankar has received more than 8,979,227 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Ravi Shankar is the 850th most popular religious figure (up from 981st in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from India (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 12.80

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  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ravi Shankar ranks 850 out of 3,187. Before him are Zeno of Verona, Flavian of Constantinople, Charalambos, Jacob Frank, Arnulf of Metz, and Methodios I of Constantinople. After him are Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Agabus, Al-Juwayni, Mesud II, Rashid Rida, and Alessandro Valignano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ravi Shankar ranks 36. Before him are Ali Asadov, David Caruso, Gina Haspel, William Fichtner, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and Aileen Wuornos. After him are Zbigniew Boniek, Kim Cattrall, Michael Connelly, Imelda Staunton, Eric Roberts, and Marc Dutroux.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ravi Shankar ranks 124 out of 1,861. Before him are Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), Chandragupta II (400), Sambhaji (1657), Vishvamitra (-2000), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), and Buddhaghosa (401). After him are Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), and Dayananda Saraswati (1824).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Ravi Shankar ranks 11. Before him are Guru Gobind Singh (1666), Mahākāśyapa (-550), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Maudgalyayana (-568), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), and Mahavatar Babaji (1900). After him are Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), and Guru Arjan (1563).

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