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These are some of the most noteworthy gurus and saints of Hinduism:

Hindu Gurus and Saints
Swami Abhedananda
Abhinavagupta
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada[1]
Adi Shankara[2]
Akhandanand[3]
Anandamayi Ma (female)
Amrit Desai[4]
Anandmurti Gurumaa (female)[5]
Asaram Bapu
Sri Aurobindo
Bhagawan Nityananda[6]
Bhakti Tirtha Swami[7]
Bamakhepa, or Bamakhyapa/ Bamdev Bhairav
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Brahmananda Saraswati[8]
Brahmarshi Prem Nirmal[9][10]
Bhakti Charu Swami
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu[11]
Swami Chidbhavananda
Chinmayananda Saraswati
Sri Chinmoy [12]
Dayananda Saraswati (Founder of Arya Samaj)
Dayananda Saraswati (Ärsha Vidya)
Dnyaneshwar[13]
Gajanan Maharaj
Gagangiri Maharaj
Gorakshanath
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh[14][15]
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (female)[16]
Hariharananda Giri, (Paramahamsa Hariharananda)
Eknath
Gnanananda Giri[17]
Gopala Krishna Goswami[18]
Swami Janakananda
Krishnananda Saraswati
Kripalu Maharaj
Swami Lakshmanananda
Lahiri Mahasaya, (Shyamacharan Lahiri)[19]
Hridayananda Dasa Goswami[20]
Kirit Bhaiji (Brahmarushi)[21]
Haridasa Thakur[22][23]
Madhvacharya[24]
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi[25]
Mirra Alfassa (female)
Morari Bapu
Muktananda[16]
Mother Meera (female)[26]
Meher Baba[27]
Narayan Dutt Shrimali[28]
Narayana Guru, writer of Daiva Dasakam (male}[29]
Lokenath Brahmachari[30]
Mata Amritanandamayi (female)[31]
Neem Karoli Baba[32]
Nigamananda Paramahansa[33]
Nimbarka[34]
Nirmala Srivastava (also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi)
Swami Niranjanananda (Niranjan Maharaj)
Narayan Maharaj[35]
Nisargadatta Maharaj[36]
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (Shrii Shrii Anandamurti)
Swami Pranavananda (Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj)
Pramukh Swami Maharaj[37][38]
Rakeshprasad Pande[39]
Raghavendra Swami[40]
Ramakrishna[41]
Ramana Maharshi[42]
Mahavatar Babaji[43]
Paramahansa Yogananda[44]
Pranavanda Saraswati
Ram Thakur
Swami Rama
Ravi Shankar commonly known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami[45]
Samarth Ramdas
Sathyananda Saraswathi[46]
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami[47]
Shriram Sharma
Vallabha Acharya[48]
Sivananda Saraswati
Upasni Maharaj
Bijoy Krishna Goswami
Vethathiri Maharishi
Yukteswar Giri
Yogaswami
Thakur Anukulchandra
Swaminarayan
Swami Vivekananda
Vidyaranya
Tukaram
Satyananda Saraswati
Sai Baba of Shirdi[25]
Satchidananda Saraswati
Sathya Sai Baba
Rama Tirtha
Radhanath Swami [citation needed]
Ramanuja
Ramprasad Sen
Sadguru Hambir Baba
Sankardev
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Swami Ramdas

Saints revered by Muslims and Hindus

Saints who encountered Islamists

  • Harduar Lala, the murderer of Abul Fazl, during Akbar's reign[49]
  • Raja Lakhan (son of Raja Jai Chand of Kannauj) who was killed by Shahab-ud-din Ghori is venerated by Kol Adivasis[50]
  • Shivaji Maharaj, the Kunbi warrior is worshiped in Ratnagiri

Saints that became Vaishnava

  • Aulechand - founder of the Kartabhaja sect
  • Dadu Dayal - founder of the Dadu Panth
  • Thakur Haridas - Disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
  • Kabir - founder of Kabir Panth
  • Rajjab - disciple of Dadu Dayal

See also

Notes

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  2. ^ Namboodiripad, E.M.S. (1989). "Adi Sankara and His Philosophy: A Marxist View". Social Scientist. 17 (1): 3–12. doi:10.2307/3520108. JSTOR 3520108.
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  7. ^ Sherbow, P.H. (2004). "Ac Bhaktivedanta Swam Is Preaching In The Context Of Gaudiya Vaishnavism". The Hare Krishna Movement: the Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant.
  8. ^ "TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Part One: Is TM a Religion?" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-02. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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  10. ^ http://www.lifepositive.com/practitioner/Prem_Nirmal.asp
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  14. ^ "Spiritual Guru and Social reformer in India ... Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan
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  19. ^ Uban, S.S. (1978). The Gurus of India. Sterling.
  20. ^ Goswami, T.K. (1997). "The Perils of Succession. Heresies of Authority and Continuity in the Hare Krishna Movement". ISKCON Communications Journal. 5 (1): 13–44. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  21. ^ Charpat Panjrika. New Delhi. 2005. p. 63. ISBN 81-288-0935-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  24. ^ Sarma, D. (2007). "Madhva Vedanta and Krishna". Krishna: A Sourcebook. ISBN 978-0-19-514892-3. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
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  26. ^ Ross, C. (1997). "Experiencing Mother Meera". Canadian Woman Studies. 17: 78–82. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  27. ^ Arnavaz Dadachanji (1979). Gift of God. Princeton: Beloved Books. ISBN 0-9613907-5-1.
  28. ^ Nand Kishore Shrimali (2008). "Mantra Tantra Yantra Vigyan". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  29. ^ Thomas, D. (1965). Sree Narayana Guru. Bangalore: The Christian Institute for the Religion and Society.
  30. ^ Sen, N. (1945). Bengal's forgotten warriors. People's Pub. House.
  31. ^ Warrier, M. (2003). "Processes of Secularization in Contemporary India: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission". Modern Asian Studies. 37 (1): 213–253. doi:10.1017/S0026749X03001070.
  32. ^ Dass, Ram (1979). Miracle of love: stories about Neem Karoli Baba. New York: E. P. Dutton.
  33. ^ Paramahamsa Prajnanananda (15 August 2006). My Time with the Master. Sai Towers Publishing. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-81-7899-055-2. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  34. ^ Khurana, G.R. (1988). The theology of Nimbarka: a translation of Nimbarka' s DasI asI loki with Giridhara Prapanna' s LaghumanI? jI? usa. {{cite book}}: C1 control character in |title= at position 60 (help)
  35. ^ Bhide, R.G. (1933). "Shri Narayan Maharaj". Marathi, Published by DL Lele, Wai.
  36. ^ Maharaj, N. (1987). The Nectar of the Lord's Feet: Final Teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Discourses January–November 1980. Element Books. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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