# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yogendra
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:21:52.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yogendra"
name: "Yogendra"
slug: "yogendra"
description: "Manibhai Haribhai Desai (1897–1989), known as (Shri) Yogendra was an Indian yoga guru, author, poet, researcher and was one of the important figures in the modern revival and transformation of hatha yoga, both in India and United States. He was the founder of The Yoga Institute, the oldest organized yoga centre in the world, established in 1918. He is often referred as the Father of Modern Yoga Renaissance. He was one of the figures responsible for reviving the practice of asanas and making yoga accessible to people other than renunciates."
tagline: "Yoga guru"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yogendraji's_Statue_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-11-18"
deathDate: "1989-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.99
  momentum:             0.303030303030303
  historical:           5.096762666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogendra"
    title: "Yogendra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri_Yogendra"
    title: "Shri Yogendra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "শ্রী যোগেন্দ্র"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogendra"
    title: "Yogendra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "योगेन्द्र"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Шри Йогендра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53675013"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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