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Did you know... that Trailanga Swami, an Indian yogi, is reputed to have lived nearly 300 years and reportedly "read people’s minds like books"?

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As requested by TheMandarin:

legendary, fantastic can be treated as glorifying. Replace/remove/reword
According to one disciple biographer (who??), he was born in 1529, while according to another biographer (who??) it was 1607
many places on pilgrimage: names?
Ganapati reportedly led a life of severe austerities: avoid the word. Instead say "According to X, Ganapati led..."
"finally in the courtyard of the small abode of Mangal Das Bhatta, his devotee, where a huge rock lying under the sky was his resting place." unclear. reword. Does resting place mean final resting place?
Explain WP:JARGON: ajagaravritti, paramahansa, mahasamadhi, salilasamadhi etc. with short english explanation
"authentic" biography of the Swami by Umacharan Mukhopadhyay: who says so?? Can be WP:POV of author
As a rule, lead is summary of the article. No new information is usually added. Move new information
Discuss 300 or 200+ age after death in detail (which biographer says what)
Why is 1607 given priority, it is also disputed? What about 1529?
I am not sure if many aspects of the article are mentioned here: see Autobiography of a Yogi [1], [2] --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments. --TheMandarin (talk) 12:41, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For quite a few of details I need to refer back to the book, to which I don't have access right now. I agree that "one disciple biographer", "another biographer" are weasel words and vague. Will fix these along with attributions to specific biographers. --TheMandarin (talk) 13:04, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Birth place

cant be sure about birthplace Firstlast1097 (talk) 11:33, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]