# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kriyananda
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:53:17.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kriyananda"
name: "Kriyananda"
slug: "kriyananda"
description: "Kriyananda was an American Hindu religious leader, yoga guru, meditation teacher, musician, and author. He was a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and founder of the spiritual movement named \"Ananda\". He wrote numerous songs and dozens of books. According to the LA Times, the main themes of his work were compassion and humility, but he was a controversial figure. Kriyananda and Ananda were sued for copyright issues, sexual harassment, and later, for alleged fraud and labor-law violations."
tagline: "Disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda (1926–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Swami-kriyananda-pronam2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-05-19"
deathDate: "2013-04-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.44
  momentum:             0.8181818181818181
  historical:           8.86012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.swamikriyananda.org/"
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    title: "Kriyananda"
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    title: "Kriyananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kriyananda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump