Shaligram

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Shaligram

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Shaligram - fossilized shell, typically in the form of spherical, black-coloured Ammonoid fossils of the Devonian-Cretaceous period, used in Vaishnava Hinduism as aniconic representations of Vishnu, usually collected from river-beds or banks. Article “Shaligram” in Simple English Wikipedia has 0.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in Russian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Shaligram”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 307 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 774 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #5077 in October 2019
  • Global: #7903 in May 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #8124 in November 2020
  • Global: #15504 in February 2023

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Russian (ru)
Шалаграма-шила
61.849
2English (en)
Shaligram
42.8736
3German (de)
Shaligram
40.9004
4Tamil (ta)
சாளக்கிராமம்
39.9459
5Persian (fa)
سالیگرام (فسیل‌سنگ)
37.744
6Italian (it)
Saligrama
20.7946
7Polish (pl)
Śaligrama
18.6627
8Hindi (hi)
शालीग्राम
15.653
9Spanish (es)
Shalágrama shilá
14.0802
10Thai (th)
ศาลีคราม
11.7887
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Shaligram" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shaligram
1 880 134
2Hindi (hi)
शालीग्राम
217 249
3Russian (ru)
Шалаграма-шила
84 261
4Spanish (es)
Shalágrama shilá
67 946
5Tamil (ta)
சாளக்கிராமம்
60 986
6Polish (pl)
Śaligrama
12 659
7Simple English (simple)
Shaligram
6 531
8Italian (it)
Saligrama
5 090
9Thai (th)
ศาลีคราม
4 166
10Ukrainian (uk)
Шалаграма-шила
2 228
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Shaligram" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shaligram
6 890
2Hindi (hi)
शालीग्राम
1 066
3Russian (ru)
Шалаграма-шила
341
4Tamil (ta)
சாளக்கிராமம்
226
5German (de)
Shaligram
152
6Spanish (es)
Shalágrama shilá
141
7Italian (it)
Saligrama
53
8Simple English (simple)
Shaligram
34
9Thai (th)
ศาลีคราม
34
10Polish (pl)
Śaligrama
31
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Shaligram" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shaligram
163
2Hindi (hi)
शालीग्राम
35
3Russian (ru)
Шалаграма-шила
26
4Tamil (ta)
சாளக்கிராமம்
16
5Vietnamese (vi)
Saligram
15
6German (de)
Shaligram
12
7Italian (it)
Saligrama
11
8Polish (pl)
Śaligrama
9
9Spanish (es)
Shalágrama shilá
7
10Thai (th)
ศาลีคราม
4
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Shaligram" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Belarusian (be)
Шалаграма-шыла
0
2German (de)
Shaligram
0
3English (en)
Shaligram
0
4Spanish (es)
Shalágrama shilá
0
5Persian (fa)
سالیگرام (فسیل‌سنگ)
0
6Hindi (hi)
शालीग्राम
0
7Italian (it)
Saligrama
0
8Polish (pl)
Śaligrama
0
9Russian (ru)
Шалаграма-шила
0
10Simple English (simple)
Shaligram
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Shaligram" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shaligram
301
2Russian (ru)
Шалаграма-шила
198
3Tamil (ta)
சாளக்கிராமம்
141
4Spanish (es)
Shalágrama shilá
48
5Ukrainian (uk)
Шалаграма-шила
28
6Vietnamese (vi)
Saligram
25
7Hindi (hi)
शालीग्राम
10
8Belarusian (be)
Шалаграма-шыла
5
9Polish (pl)
Śaligrama
5
10Thai (th)
ศาลีคราม
5
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
beBelarusian
Шалаграма-шыла
deGerman
Shaligram
enEnglish
Shaligram
esSpanish
Shalágrama shilá
faPersian
سالیگرام (فسیل‌سنگ)
hiHindi
शालीग्राम
itItalian
Saligrama
plPolish
Śaligrama
ruRussian
Шалаграма-шила
simpleSimple English
Shaligram
taTamil
சாளக்கிராமம்
thThai
ศาลีคราม
ukUkrainian
Шалаграма-шила
viVietnamese
Saligram

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#8124
11.2020
Global:
#15504
02.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#5077
10.2019
Global:
#7903
05.2021

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shaligram from Wikipedia articles about Vishnu, Ammonoidea, Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Solomons shamir and Kali Gandaki Gorge. Whereas reading the article about Shaligram people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Ammonoidea, Gandaki River, Guru Narasimha Temple, Dvaravati sila and Tulsi.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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