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Swami Rama

1925 - 1996

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Swami Rama (Svāmī Rāma; 1925 – 13 November 1996) was an Indian yoga guru. He moved to the US in 1969, initially teaching yoga at the YMCA, and founding the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in Illinois in 1971; its headquarters moved to its current location in Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1977. He became famous for his ability to control his body in yoga nidra, writing many books including the autobiographical Living with Himalayan Masters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Swami Rama has received more than 762,088 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Swami Rama is the 6,247th most popular writer (down from 5,338th in 2019).

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  • 50.10

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Swami Rama ranks 6,247 out of 7,302. Before him are William Empson, Barbara Pym, Stig Claesson, Helen Bannerman, Alfred Domett, and Thomas Heywood. After him are Andrew Vachss, Ferenc Juhász, Donald A. Wollheim, Mikael Niemi, Cheryl Strayed, and Charles Eastman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Swami Rama ranks 490. Before him are Günther Haase, Gordon George Avery, Grigory Mkrtychan, Eric Fleming, Martin David Kruskal, and P. Bhanumathi. After him are Tom Dowd, Colette Marchand, Edward F. Moore, Fernand Decanali, Bob Tinning, and Phillip V. Tobias. Among people deceased in 1996, Swami Rama ranks 323. Before him are Yelizaveta Bagryantseva, Peter Glenville, Evelyn Hooker, Sultan Rahi, Zdeněk Škrland, and Pat Brown. After him are Sverre Sørsdal, Willi Heeks, Otto Licha, Ron Brown, Konstantin Loktev, and Barbara Jordan.

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