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Indra Devi

1899 - 2002

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Eugenie Peterson (Latvian: Eiženija Pētersone, Russian: Евгения Васильевна Петерсон; 12 May 1899 – 25 April 2002), known as Indra Devi, was a pioneering teacher of yoga as exercise, and an early disciple of the "father of modern yoga", Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. She went to India in her twenties, becoming a film star there and acquiring the stage name Indra Devi. She was the first woman to study under the yoga guru Krishnamacharya at the Mysore Palace, alongside B.K.S Iyengar and K. Pattabhi Jois who went on to become yoga gurus. Moving to China, she taught the first yoga classes in that country at the house of Soong Mei-ling, wife of Chiang Kai-shek. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Indra Devi is the 4,186th most popular actor (up from 4,655th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 144th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Latvian Actor.

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Among actors, Indra Devi ranks 4,186 out of 13,578. Before her are Elmo Lincoln, Estelle Parsons, Lola Beltrán, Paul Dooley, Elena Anaya, and Sergi López. After her are Boris Markov, Desi Arnaz, Chloë Sevigny, Linden Ashby, Maurizio Micheli, and Natalia Bessmertnova.

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Among people born in 1899, Indra Devi ranks 216. Before her are Willem Jacob Luyten, Alexander Nesmeyanov, Jean Cugnot, Josep Tarradellas, Mikhail Zharov, and Louise Nevelson. After her are Kenjiro Takayanagi, Harald Tammer, Guy Butler, Juan Trippe, Weegee, and Wen Yiduo. Among people deceased in 2002, Indra Devi ranks 207. Before her are Raoul Diagne, Jeff Corey, Tita Merello, Abdel Rahman Badawi, Lou Thesz, and Jean Dockx. After her are Bill Bruce, Georges Beaucourt, Kaisa Parviainen, Raymond Firth, Oskar Sala, and Francisco Cabañas.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Indra Devi ranks 137 out of 323. Before her are Astrid Ivask (1926), Otto August Rosenberger (1800), Tatjana Ždanoka (1950), Jānis Ivanovs (1906), Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863), and Vitas (1979). After her are Heinz Erhardt (1909), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901), Laima Vaikule (1954), Werner Bergengruen (1892), Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), and Mirdza Ķempe (1907).

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Among ACTORS In Latvia

Among actors born in Latvia, Indra Devi ranks 6. Before her are Solomon Mikhoels (1890), Elya Baskin (1950), Vija Artmane (1929), Arkady Raikin (1911), and Lya Mara (1897). After her are Heinz Erhardt (1909), Laima Vaikule (1954), Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov (1948), Rutanya Alda (1942), Alvis Hermanis (1965), and Ilze Jaunalksne (1976).

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