# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/swami-ghanananda-saraswati
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:04:13.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/swami-ghanananda-saraswati"
name: "Swami Ghanananda Saraswati"
slug: "swami-ghanananda-saraswati"
description: "Ghanananda Saraswati, commonly known as Swami Ghanananda, was a prominent swami (sannyasi) of the indigenous Hindu community in Ghana, and the first Hindu swami of African ancestry. He was initiated as a swami by the late Swami Krishnananda of India in 1975, and was head of the Hindu Monastery of Africa in Accra, Ghana."
tagline: "Swami of the indigenous Hindu community in Ghana"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1937-09-12"
deathDate: "2016-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.04225352112676
  historical:           4.875378666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "স্বামী ঘানানন্দ সরস্বতী"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Swami Ghanananda Saraswati"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Ghanananda_Saraswati"
    title: "Swami Ghanananda Saraswati"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "स्वामी घनानंद सरस्वती"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump