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Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

1888 - 1989

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Tirumala 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. Like earlier pioneers influenced by physical culture such as Yogendra and Kuvalayananda, he contributed to the revival of hatha yoga. Krishnamacharya held degrees in all the six Vedic darśanas, or Indian philosophies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tirumalai Krishnamacharya is the 1,028th most popular philosopher (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 527th most popular biography from India (down from 471st in 2019) and the 45th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 1,028 out of 1,267. Before him are Lysander Spooner, Gabriel Biel, Anselm of Laon, Ivan Aksakov, Arulenus Rusticus, and Michael Oakeshott. After him are Joachim Camerarius, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, R. M. Hare, Abdolkarim Soroush, Rémi Brague, and Lon L. Fuller.

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Among people born in 1888, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 149. Before him are Vahram Papazian, Michał Sopoćko, Roger Ducret, Florence Lee, Milán Füst, and Konstantinos Tsiklitiras. After him are Beulah Louise Henry, Barry Fitzgerald, Frances Marion, Ralph Hartley, Jinichi Kusaka, and Mohammed Hussein Heikal. Among people deceased in 1989, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 169. Before him are Donald Barthelme, Hilmar Baunsgaard, Nikolai Grinko, Halina Konopacka, Arsenie Boca, and Veniamin Kaverin. After him are Bernard-Marie Koltès, Ugo Pignotti, Georges Schehadé, Huey P. Newton, Yūsaku Matsuda, and Anders Rydberg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 527 out of 1,861. Before him are Fatima Jinnah (1893), Asin (1985), Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916), Ashraf Ali Thanwi (1863), Puneeth Rajkumar (1975), and Rajinikanth (1950). After him are Mastani (1699), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Bhaichung Bhutia (1976), Cerverí de Girona (1259), Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904), and Jhalkaribai (1830).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya ranks 45. Before him are Sarada Devi (1853), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Ramananda (1400), Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874), Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916). After him are Rambhadracharya (1950), and Derek Prince (1915).

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