RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Nirmala Srivastava

1923 - 2011

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Nirmala Srivastava (née Nirmala Salve; 21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011), also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, was the founder and guru of Sahaja Yoga, a new religious movement. She claimed to have been born fully realised and spent her life working for peace by developing and promoting a simple technique through which people can achieve their self-realization. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nirmala Srivastava is the 2,118th most popular religious figure (down from 1,823rd in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from India (down from 358th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 2,118 out of 3,187. Before her are Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Juan Benlloch i Vivó, J. F. Oberlin, Ignatius Aphrem II, Constantine V of Constantinople, and Clodoald. After her are Dositheus II of Jerusalem, Reza Hosseini Nassab, Maurice Piat, Flodoard, Pasquier Quesnel, and Fernando Ocáriz Braña.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 190. Before her are Rafael Addiego Bruno, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Brian Naylor, Richard Herrmann, Jimmy Mullen, and Lucía Hiriart. After her are Gordon Jackson, Alexander Yakovlev, Evelyn McHale, Netti Witziers-Timmer, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, and Sam Phillips. Among people deceased in 2011, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 170. Before her are Anne McCaffrey, Wiel Coerver, Randy Savage, Võ Chí Công, Sándor Képíró, and Susannah York. After her are Gerry Rafferty, Clarence Clemons, Attilio Pavesi, Ingvar Wixell, Mutassim Gaddafi, and Bernd Eichinger.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 414 out of 1,861. Before her are Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal (1838), Rana Sanga (1482), Navneet Aditya Waiba (null), and Motilal Nehru (1861). After her are Kishore Kumar (1929), Jaya Prada (1962), Asha Bhosle (1933), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), M. N. Roy (1887), and D. R. Bendre (1896).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Nirmala Srivastava ranks 46. Before her are Varkey Vithayathil (1927), Anandi Gopal Joshi (1865), Joseph Vaz (1651), Swaminarayan (1781), Filipe Neri Ferrão (1953), and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924). After her are Rukhmabai (1864), Oswald Gracias (1944), Telesphore Toppo (1939), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), and Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805).

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