1855 - 1936
Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (also written Sriyuktesvara, Sri Yukteshwar) (Devanagari: श्रीयुक्तेश्वर गिरि ) (10 May 1855 – 9 March 1936) is the monastic name of Priya Nath Karar (also spelled as Priya Nath Karada and Preonath Karar), an Indian monk and yogi, and the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda and Swami Satyananda Giri. Born in Serampore, West Bengal, Sri Yukteswar was a Kriya yogi, a Jyotisha (Vedic astrologer), a scholar of the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads, an educator, author, and astronomer. He was a disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya of Varanasi and a member of the Giri branch of the Swami order. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri has received more than 464,089 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri is the 1,639th most popular religious figure (down from 1,623rd in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from India (up from 328th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Indian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri ranks 1,639 out of 2,238. Before him are George Martinuzzi, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Mario Aurelio Poli, Giovanni Morone, John Albert Vasa, and Nicholas Tavelic. After him are Pietro Aldobrandini, Ercole Consalvi, Itta of Metz, Alypius the Stylite, Agobard, and Giacomo Capuzzi.
1482 - 1551
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 1,633
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 1,634
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 1,635
1509 - 1580
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 1,636
1612 - 1634
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 1,637
1340 - 1391
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 1,638
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 1,639
1571 - 1621
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 1,640
1757 - 1824
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,641
592 - 652
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 1,642
700 - 700
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 1,643
769 - 840
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 1,644
1929 - 2021
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 1,645
Among people born in 1855, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri ranks 49. Before him are Pavlos Kountouriotis, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Jean Lorrain, Louis de Beaufront, and Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha. After him are Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, Albert F. Mummery, Hugo von Pohl, Hermes da Fonseca, Julius Röntgen, and Marie-Joseph Lagrange. Among people deceased in 1936, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri ranks 89. Before him are Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke, Hu Hanmin, Jean Patou, Nahum Sokolow, Gustave Kahn, and John Gilbert. After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Louis Camille Maillard, Georgios Kondylis, Alexander Guchkov, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Sophie, Princess of Albania.
1855 - 1935
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 43
1855 - 1931
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 44
1855 - 1874
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 45
1855 - 1906
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 46
1855 - 1935
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 47
1855 - 1922
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 48
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 49
1855 - 1916
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 50
1855 - 1895
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 51
1855 - 1916
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 52
1855 - 1923
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 53
1855 - 1932
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 54
1855 - 1938
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 55
1861 - 1936
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 83
1879 - 1936
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 84
1887 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 85
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 86
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 87
1895 - 1936
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 88
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 89
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 90
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 91
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 92
1862 - 1936
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 93
1883 - 1936
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 94
1885 - 1936
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 95
Among people born in India, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri ranks 324 out of 1,493. Before him are Rakesh Sharma (1949), Pran (1920), Rash Behari Bose (1886), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1930), and Debendranath Tagore (1817). After him are Chandra Shekhar (1927), Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952), Rana Sanga (1482), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Kamala Sohonie (1912), and Rani Padmini (null).
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 318
1920 - 2013
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 319
1886 - 1945
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 320
1902 - 1997
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 321
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 322
1817 - 1905
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 323
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 324
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 325
1952 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 326
1482 - 1528
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 327
1932 - 2014
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 328
1912 - 1998
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 329
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 330
Among religious figures born in India, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri ranks 35. Before him are Parshvanatha (-872), Zakir Naik (1965), Guru Amar Das (1479), Mahinda (-285), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), and Matsyendranatha (901). After him are Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Vaz (1651), Swaminarayan (1781), Ivan Dias (1936), Guru Har Krishan (1656), and Nirmala Srivastava (1923).
872 BC - Present
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 29
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 30
1479 - 1574
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 31
285 BC - 205 BC
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 32
1934 - 2007
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 33
901 - 1000
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 34
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 35
1756 - 1819
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 36
1651 - 1711
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 37
1781 - 1830
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 38
1936 - 2017
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 39
1656 - 1664
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 40
1923 - 2011
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 41