# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hariharananda-giri
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:20:01.662Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hariharananda-giri"
name: "Hariharananda Giri"
slug: "hariharananda-giri"
description: "Hariharananda Giri, was an Indian yogi and guru who taught in India as well as in western countries. He was born as Rabindranath Bhattacharya in Nadia district, West Bengal. He was the head of the Kriya Yoga Institute, United States, and founder worldwide Kriya Yoga Centers. According to some sources, Hariharananda was a direct disciple of Yukteswar Giri."
tagline: "Indian Yogi (1907-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swami-hariharananda-giri.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1907-05-27"
deathDate: "2002-12-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6666666666666667
  historical:           6.360981333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hariharananda_Giri"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariharananda"
    title: "Hariharananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariharananda_Giri"
    title: "Hariharananda Giri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariharananda_Giri"
    title: "Hariharananda Giri"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hariharananda"
    title: "Hariharananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramahamsa_Hariharananda"
    title: "Paramahamsa Hariharananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Парамахамса Харихарананда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q933062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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