# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shyama-charan-lahiri
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:44:06.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shyama-charan-lahiri"
name: "Shyama Charan Lahiri"
slug: "shyama-charan-lahiri"
description: "Shyama Charan Lahiri, best known as Lahiri Mahasaya, was an Indian yogi and guru who founded the Kriya Yoga system of Yoga. He was a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji. Lahiri Mahasaya's life was described in Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi as a demonstration of the spiritual attainment that could be achieved by a householder \"living fully in the world\". A part of Lahiri Mahasaya's face is pictured on the cover of The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
tagline: "Indian yogi and guru (1828–1895)"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1828-09-30"
deathDate: "1895-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump