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Divine Light Mission

organization founded in 1960 by Hans Ji Maharaj in India and expanding into the West in the 1970s
Organization Religious Organization Q1324890

Facts

4 properties

Identity

Instance of
religious organization

Status and dates

Inception
1960[3]

Industry and activity

Industry
religious congregations and associations[2]

People

Founder
Hans Ji Maharaj[1]
🏷️ Also known as
en Divine Light Mission fi DLM nl Elan Vital uk Місія Божественного Світла
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
127322872
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79021158
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Divine-Light-Mission
Freebase ID
/m/03r843
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Divine_Light_Mission
J9U entity ID
987007604242705171
NL CR AUT ID
ko2017973574
YSO ID
20492
Yale LUX ID
group/a6749a1b-e3a7-4577-8e82-687eb44f637f

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Industry 1
religious congregations and associations
Instance of 1
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  1. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → religious organization
    Industry → religious congregations and associations
    Inception → 1960
    Founder → Hans Ji Maharaj
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 20492, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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