RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sai Baba of Shirdi

1835 - 1918

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Sai Baba of Shirdi (c. 1838–15 October 1918), also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual master considered to be a saint, and revered by both Hindu and Muslim devotees during and after his lifetime. According to accounts from his life, Sai Baba preached the importance of "realisation of the self" and criticised "love towards perishable things". His teachings concentrated on a moral code of love, forgiveness, helping others, charity, contentment, inner peace, and devotion to God and Guru. Sai Baba condemned discrimination based on religion or caste. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sai Baba of Shirdi is the 1,167th most popular religious figure (down from 869th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from India (down from 128th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sai Baba of Shirdi ranks 1,167 out of 3,187. Before him are Theophylact of Constantinople, Giovanni Lajolo, Julian Cesarini, Yves Congar, Arsenius the Great, and Jakob Ammann. After him are Jeanne Guyon, Shemon Bar Sabbae, Abo of Tiflis, 11th Dalai Lama, Rose of Viterbo, and Hugh of Cluny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Sai Baba of Shirdi ranks 30. Before him are John La Farge, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, Adolph Wagner, Elisha Gray, Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Mendele Mocher Sforim. After him are Alexandrine Tinné, Shoqan Walikhanov, Simon Newcomb, Iwasaki Yatarō, Tomás Estrada Palma, and Eugenio Beltrami. Among people deceased in 1918, Sai Baba of Shirdi ranks 60. Before him are Daniel Burley Woolfall, Victor Adler, Vasily Radlov, Mikhail Alekseyev, Princess Anna of Prussia, and Stepan Shaumian. After him are Sidónio Pais, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Yevno Azef, August Oetker, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Moisei Uritsky.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sai Baba of Shirdi ranks 228 out of 1,861. Before him are Sivananda Saraswati (1887), James Brooke (1803), Khaleda Zia (1945), Vinoba Bhave (1895), Ahmad Sirhindi (1564), and Shilpa Shetty (1975). After him are Rajkumar (1929), Birbal (1528), Kamala Sohonie (1912), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ajay Banga (1959), and Jayadeva (1170).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Sai Baba of Shirdi ranks 25. Before him are Anthony de Mello (1931), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Nirmala Joshi (1934), and Parshvanatha (-872). After him are Jayadeva (1170), Śāntarakṣita (725), Abbé Faria (1756), Joseph Coutts (1945), Meher Baba (1894), and Guru Amar Das (1479).

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