Daya Mata, born Rachel Faye Wright (January 31, 1914 – November 30, 2010), was the third president and religious leader of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (SRF/YSS).

[13] She also helped Yogananda prepare the manuscript for his Autobiography of a Yogi, a text that has been translated in more than fifty languages as of 2024[update].

[6][14] After the deaths of Yogananda and his successor Rajarsi Janakananda, Daya Mata was elected by the SRF Board of Directors as the third president and spiritual leader of SRF/YSS in 1955.

[10][1][15] As Yogananda's next successor, she assumed responsibility for the guidance and training of SRF/YSS members and monastic disciples, and she oversaw the organization's spiritual and humanitarian efforts.

[9] She died on the evening of November 30, 2010 at one of SRF's retreats for nuns in Los Angeles, where "she had been living in seclusion".

American yoga scholar Linda Johnsen noted that Daya Mata was an example of a new wave of women who acquired leadership positions in Hindu spirituality.