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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

1888 - 1989

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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (18 November 1888 – 28 February 1989) was an Indian yoga teacher, ayurvedic healer and scholar. He is seen as one of the most important gurus of modern yoga, and is often called "Father of Modern Yoga" for his wide influence on the development of postural yoga. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya has received more than 828,211 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tirumalai Krishnamacharya is the 1,019th most popular philosopher (down from 998th in 2019), the 471st most popular biography from India (down from 446th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 1,019 out of 1,267. Before him are Jacques Cujas, Pierre Lévy, Stanisław Staszic, Zhang Binglin, Northrop Frye, and Friedrich Paulsen. After him are Daniel Bensaïd, Derek Parfit, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Hegesias of Magnesia, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, and John Hick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 149. Before him are Milán Füst, Toyohiko Kagawa, Chana Orloff, Jinichi Kusaka, Harald Sverdrup, and Konstantinos Tsiklitiras. After him are Elisabeth Schumann, Vahram Papazian, Ralph Hartley, Louis J. Mordell, Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, and Jean Bouin. Among people deceased in 1989, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 162. Before him are Huey P. Newton, Jean-Michel Charlier, Anton Diffring, János Farkas, Kaj Franck, and Archduchess Charlotte of Austria. After him are Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Harold Jeffreys, José Bustamante y Rivero, Don Revie, Veniamin Kaverin, and Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 471 out of 1,861. Before him are Janaki Ammal (1897), John Frost (1912), Amrit Kaur (1889), Kamala Nehru (1899), Brian Horrocks (1895), and Harihara I (1336). After him are Faizi (1547), Ivan Dias (1936), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Girija Devi (1929), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Rajaram I (1670).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 41. Before him are Rishabhanatha (null), Rambhadracharya (1950), Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700), Ramananda (1400), Jaimini (-390), and Debendranath Tagore (1817). After him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Derek Prince (1915), Homi K. Bhabha (1949), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916).

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