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Swami Rama

1925 - 1996

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Swami Rama (Svāmī Rāma; 1925 – 13 November 1996) was an Indian yoga guru. He moved to the US in 1969, initially teaching yoga at the YMCA, and founding the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in Illinois in 1971; its headquarters moved to its current location in Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1977. He became famous for his ability to control his body in yoga nidra, writing many books including the autobiographical Living with Himalayan Masters. From the 1970s onwards, there were persistent allegations of sexual abuse of his followers; in 1997 a woman won a lawsuit against him for multiple sexual assaults. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Swami Rama is the 6,612th most popular writer (down from 6,246th in 2019). (down from 4,627th in 2019)

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Among writers, Swami Rama ranks 6,612 out of 7,302. Before him are Nele Neuhaus, Stanley Kunitz, Patrick Kavanagh, Chen Danqing, Dinah Craik, and Justin Cronin. After him are Michael Pollan, David Malouf, Olga Slavnikova, Tana French, Lualhati Bautista, and Ralf Rothmann.

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Among people born in 1925, Swami Rama ranks 525. Before him are Alexei Guryshev, Ravindra Kelekar, John Compton, Nina Bawden, Roy Brown, and Raja Ramanna. After him are Philip Carey, Nat Hentoff, Ebrahim Alkazi, Keshav Dutt, Nicholas Brathwaite, and Alastair McCorquodale. Among people deceased in 1996, Swami Rama ranks 346. Before him are Eddie Harris, Sultan Rahi, Jacquetta Hawkes, Juliet Prowse, Jean Muir, and Audrey Patterson. After him are Joseph Bernardin, Yevgeny Rodionov, Audrey Meadows, Silk Smitha, Dana Hill, and Vince Edwards.

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