# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daya-mata
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:36:56.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daya-mata"
name: "Daya Mata"
slug: "daya-mata"
description: "Daya Mata, born Rachel Faye Wright, was the third president and religious leader of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (SRF/YSS). SRF/YSS is the only spiritual organization founded by her guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, to disseminate his teachings. She was president of SRF/YSS for over 55 years until her death in 2010."
tagline: "President of the Self-Realization Fellowship (1914-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sri_Daya_Mata.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-01-31"
deathDate: "2010-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.06
  momentum:             0.04835589941972921
  historical:           6.170737333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "دیا ماتا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "দয়া মাতা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daya_Mata"
    title: "Daya Mata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daya_Mata"
    title: "Daya Mata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Daya_Mata"
    title: "Sri Daya Mata"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0"
    title: "Шри Дайя Мата"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A4"
    title: "దయా మాత"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5243001"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump