Hindu saints biography

List of Hindu gurus and sants

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This is a list of spiritual-minded people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and abstract masters.

A guru is exact as a "teacher, spiritual drive, [or] godman,"[1] by author Painter Smith. To obtain the headline of guru, one must loosen up through a standard initiation instance referred to as diksha, operate which they receive a paean, or sacred Sanskrit phrase.[2]

The list

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D to F

G ensue I

J to L

M to O

P to R

  • Padmanabha Tirtha
  • Panth Maharaj (3 September 1855 – 16 Oct 1905)
  • Paramahansa Yogananda[31] (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952)
  • Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, also known as chariji (24 July 1927 – 20 December 2014)
  • Premanand Ji Maharaj, very known as shree Premanandji maharaj (born in  1972)
  • Pattinathar (c.

    Tenth or 14th century AD)

  • Pavhari Baba (birth unknown – 1898)
  • Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami (c. 17th century)
  • Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, too known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990)
  • Pramukh Swami Maharaj[32][33] (born 7 December 1921 – 13 August 2016)
  • Pranavananda, also known as Yugacharya Srimat Swami Pranavananda Ji Maharaj (29 January 1896 – 8 February 1941)
  • Pranavanda Saraswati (28 August 1908 – 28 August 1982)
  • Prem Rawat, also confessed as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (born 10 December 1957)
  • Purandara Dasa (c.

    1484 – apothegm. 1565)

  • Puran Puri (born 1742)
  • Rambhadracharya (born 14 January 1950)
  • Ramdas Kathiababa (early 24 July 1800 – 8 February 1909)
  • Ramdev Pir (1352–1385 AD)
  • Radhanath Swami (born 7 December 1950)
  • Raghavendra Swami[34] (1595 – 1671)
  • Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami (1505–1579)
  • Rajinder Singh (spiritual master) (20 September 1946) (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) (Founder of Science medium Spirituality)
  • Rakeshprasad[35] (born 23 July 1966)
  • Rakesh Jhaveri (born 26 Sep 1966)
  • Raghuttama Tirtha (1537 – 1596)
  • Ram Chandra (Babuji) (30 April 1899 – 19 April 1983)
  • Ram Thakur (2 February 1860 – 1 May 1949)
  • Rama Tirtha (22 October 1873 – 27 October 1906)
  • Ramakrishna[36] (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886) See Disciples
  • Ramalinga Swamigal (5 October 1823, misplaced on 30 January 1874), too known as Vallalar
  • Ramana Maharshi[37] (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950)
  • Ramanuja (c.

    1017 – c. 1137)

  • Ramprasad Sen (c. 1718 or apophthegm. 1723 – c. 1775)
  • Ravidas (1398–1540)
  • Rupa Goswami (1489–1564)

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See also

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