Why Is Everyone Talking About List Of Hindu Guru's And Santh's?
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This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including guru's, santh's, monks, yogis and spiritual masters. A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, godman," by author David Smith. To obtain the title of guru, one must go through a standard initiation process referred to as Diksha, in which they receive a mantra or sacred Sanskrit phrase.
| A to C |
| A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977) |
| Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1020) |
| Adi Shankara (c. 788 – 820) |
| Advaita Acharya (1434–1539) |
| Agastyar |
| Akka Mahadevi (c.1130 – 1160), Kannada literature |
| Alvar Saints (700–1000) |
| Anandamayi Ma (30 April 1896 27 August 1982) |
| Anasuya Devī, also known as Jillellamudi Amma(28 March 1923 – 12 June 1985) |
| Andal (c.767), Tamil literature |
| Anukulchandra Chakravarty, also known as Sree Sree Thakur (born 14 September 1888) |
| Arunagirinathar (15th Century A.D.) |
| Avvaiyar (c. 1st and 2nd century AD), Tamil literature |
| Ayya Vaikundar (1809–1851) |
| atri (vedic times) rig veda |
| Baba Hari Dass (26 March 1923 – 25 September 2018) |
| Bahinabai (1628–1700), Marathi literature |
| Bamakhepa, or Bamakhyapa/ Bamdev Bhairav (1837 – 1911) |
| Basava (1105 CE–1167 CE) |
| Bhadase Sagan Maraj (1920–1971), Indo-Trinidadian Hindu leader and politician, founded the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha |
| Dhanna jatt (born 1415) |
| Bhagawan Nityananda (November or December 1897 – 8 August 1961) |
| Dhananjay Das Kathiababa (1901–1963) |
| Bhakti Charu Swami (17 September 1945 – 4 July 2020) |
| Bhakti Tirtha Swami (25 February 1950 – 27 June 2005) |
| Brajananda Saraswati (1719–1979) |
| Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937) |
| Bhaktivinoda Thakur (2 September 1838 – 23 June 1914) |
| Bhaskararaya (c. 1690–1785) |
| Bijoy Krishna Goswami (2 August 1841 – 1899) |
| Brahma Chaitanya, also known as Gondavalekar Maharaj (1845–22 December 1913) |
| Brahmanand Swami (1772–1832) |
| Brahmananda Saraswati (20 December 1868 – 20 May 1953) |
| Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534) |
| Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994) |
| Chandrashekhara Bharati III (1892–1954) |
| Charan Singh (Sant) (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (12 December 1916 – 1 June 1990) |
| Chattampi Swamikal (c. 1853–1924) |
| Chaturbhuj Sahay (3 November 1883 – 24 September 1957) |
| Chinmayananda Saraswati (8 May 1916 – 3 August 1993) |
| Chokhamela (14th century) |
| D to F |
| Dada Bhagwan, founder of Akram Vignan (7 Novembery 1908 – 2 January 1988) |
| Damodardev (c. 1488 – c. 1598) |
| Darshan Singh (Sant Mat) (1921–1989), founder of Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission |
| Dayananda Saraswati (Ärsha Vidya) (15 August 1930 – 24 September 2015) |
| Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) |
| Dnyaneshwar (1275–1296) |
| Drona (mythohistorical) |
| Eknath (1533–1599) |
| Eknath Easwaran (1910–1999) |
| G to I |
| Gagangiri Maharaj (1906 – 4 February 2008) |
| Gajanan Maharaj (c. mid 19th century) |
| Ganapati Muni (c. 1878–c.1936) |
| Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji (1838–1915) |
| Gnanananda Giri (c. early 19th century) |
| Gopala Bhatta Goswami (1503–1578) |
| Gopala Krishna Goswami (born 14 August 1944) |
| Gopalanand Swami (1781–1852) |
| Gopi Krishna (yogi) (1903–1984) |
| Gora Kumbhar (c. 1267–c.1317) |
| Gorakhnath (c. 10th or 11th century) |
| Gulabrao Maharaj (6 July 1881 – 20 September 1915 ) |
| Gunatitanand Swami (17 October 1785 – 11 October 1867) |
| Gurinder Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (born 1 August 1954) |
| Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (born 24 June 1955) |
| Hans Ji Maharaj (8 November 1900 – 18 July 1966) |
| Haridasa Thakur (born 1451 or 1450) |
| Hariharananda Giri, (Paramahamsa Hariharananda) (27 May 1907 – 3 December 2002) |
| Isaignaniyar (c. 7th century), Tamil literature |
| J to L |
| Jagannatha Dasa Babaji (1776–1894) |
| Jaggi Vasudev (born 3 September 1957) |
| Jaimal Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (July 1839 – 29 December 1903) |
| Jalaram Bapa (4 November 1799 23 February 1881) |
| Janabai (c. 13th century), Marathi literature |
| Jayatirtha (1345–1388) |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti (11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986) |
| Jiva Goswami (c. 1513–1598) |
| Kabir (c. 15th century), Indian saint and mystic |
| Kalki Bhagwan (born 1949) |
| Kamlesh D. Patel, also known as Daaji (born 28 September 1965) |
| Kanakadasa (1509–1609) |
| Kanhopatra (c. 15th century), Marathi literature |
| Kanwar Saheb |
| Karaikkal Ammaiyar (c. 6th century), Tamil literature |
| Khatkhate Baba (1859–1930) |
| Kirpal Singh (c. 1894–1974), (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) |
| Kripalu Maharaj (5 October 1922 – 15 November 2013) |
| Krishna Prem (1898–1965) |
| Krishnadasa Kaviraja (born 1496) |
| Krishnananda Saraswati (25 April 1922 – 23 November 2001) |
| Lahiri Mahasaya, (Shyamacharan Lahiri) (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895) |
| Lakshman Joo (9 May 1907 – 27 September 1991), modern scholar of Kashmiri Shaivism |
| Lakshmanananda Saraswati (1926 – 23 August 2008) |
| Lalleshwari (c.1320 – 1392), Kashmiri literature |
| M to O |
| Madhavdev (c. 1489 – c. 1596) |
| Madhvacharya (c. 1238 – 1317) |
| Mahant Swami Maharaj (born 13 September 1933) |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008) |
| Mahavatar Babaji (mid 19th – mid 20th century) |
| Mangayarkkarasiyar (c. 7th century), Tamil literature |
| Manik Prabhu |
| Master C. V. V. (4 August 1868 – 12 May 1922) |
| Mata Amritanandamayi (born 27 September 1953) |
| Matsyendranath (c. 10th century) |
| Meera (c. 1498 – c. 1547), Hindi literature |
| Mehi (28 April 1885 – 8 June 1986) |
| Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973) |
| Morari Bapu (born 25 September 1946) |
| Mother Meera (born 26 December 1960) |
| Muktabai (c.1279 – 1297), Marathi literature |
| Muktanand Swami (1758–1830) |
| Muktananda (16 May 1908 – 2 October |
| Namdev (c. 1270 – c. 1350) |
| Narasimha Saraswati(1378–1459) |
| Narayan Maharaj (20 May 1885 – 3 September 1945) |
| Narayana Guru, writer of Daiva Dasakam (c. 1854 – 1928) |
| Narayanprasaddasji Swami (14 January 1921 – 30 January 2018), also known as Tapomurti Shastri Swami (Gujarati: તપોમૂર્તિ શાસ્ત્રી સ્વામી) and Guruji by his devotees, was one of the most noted Swami of the Swaminarayan Sampraday |
| Narottama Dasa (born 1466) |
| Narsinh Mehta (1414–1481), also known as Narsi Mehta or Narsi Bhagat |
| Nayakanahatti Thipperudra Swamy (c. 15th–c. 16th century), also known as Nayakanahatti Thippeswamy |
| Nayanmars Saints (700–1000) |
| Neem Karoli Baba (c. late 19th or early 20th century – 11 September 1973) |
| Nigamananda Paramahansa (18 August 1880 – 29 November 1935) |
| Nimbarka (c. 13th century or earlier) |
| Niranjanananda (c. 1862 – 9 May 1904) |
| Nirmala Srivastava, also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011) |
| Nisargadatta Maharaj (17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981) |
| Nishkulanand Swami (1766–1848) |
| Nityananda Prabhu (born 1474) |
| Om Swami (born 1979) |
| Osho (born 1931) |
| P to R |
| Panth Maharaj (3 September 1855 – 16 October 1905) |
| Paramahansa Yogananda (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952) |
| Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, also known as chariji (24 July 1927 – 20 December 2014) |
| Pattinathar (c. 10th or 14th century AD) |
| Pavhari Baba (birth unknown – 1898) |
| Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami (c. 17th century) |
| Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, also known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990) |
| Pramukh Swami Maharaj (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 known as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (born 10 December 1957) |
| Purandara Dasa |
| Puran Puri (born 1742) |
| Ramdas Kathiababa (early 24 July 1800 – 8 February 1909) |
| Radhanath Swami (born 7 December 1950) |
| Raghavendra Swami (1595 – 1671) |
| Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami (1505–1579) |
| Rajinder Singh (spiritual master) (20 September 1946) (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) (Founder of Science of Sprituality) |
| Rakeshprasad (born 23 July 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 (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886) See Disciples |
| Ramalinga Swamigal (5 October 1823 Disappeared on 30 January 1874), also known as Vallalar |
| Ramana Maharshi (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) |
| Ramanuja (c. 1017 – c. 1137) |
| Ramprasad Sen (c. 1718 or c. 1723 – c. 1775) |
| Ravidas (1398–1540) |
| Rupa Goswami (1489–1564) |
| S to U |
| Santadas Kathiababa (June 10, 1859 – 1935) |
| Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj (1951 se abhi tk) |
| Sahadeo Tiwari (1892–1972), |
| Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838–1918) |
| Samarth Ramdas (1608–1681) |
| Sanatana Goswami (1488–1558) |
| Sankardev (c. 1449 – c. 1568) |
| Sant Charandas (1703–1782) |
| Sant Nirmala (c. 14th century), Marathi literature |
| Sant Soyarabai (c. 14th century), Marathi literature |
| Sarada Devi (22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920) |
| Satchidananda Saraswati (22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002) |
| Sathya Sai Baba (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) |
| Satnarayan Maharaj (born 1931), Indo-Trinidadian Hindu leader and son-in-law of Bhadase Sagan Maraj |
| Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (born 6 December 1939) |
| Satya Narayan Goenka (30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013) |
| Satyananda Giri (17 November 1896 – 2 August 1971) |
| Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009) |
| Satyapramoda Tirtha (1918–1997) |
| Sawan Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (27 July 1858 – 2 April 1948) |
| Shaunaka, |
| Seshadri Swamigal (22 January 1870 – 4 January 1929) |
| Shiv Dayal Singh also known as "Soamiji Maharaj" (25 August 1818 – 15 June 1878) |
| Shivabalayogi (24 January 1935 – 28 March 1994) |
| Shreedhar Swami (7 December 1908 – 19 April 1973) |
| Shripad Shri Vallabha |
| Sitaramdas Omkarnath (17 February 1892 – 6 December 1982) |
| Sivananda Saraswati (8 September 1887 – 14 July 1963) |
| Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (5 January 1927 – 12 November 2001) |
| Soham Swami (birth unknown – 1918) |
| Sopan (c. 13th century) |
| Sri Aurobindo (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) |
| Sripadaraja (c. 1422 – 1480) |
| Sri Chinmoy (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007) |
| Sri M (born 06 November 1948) |
| Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (born 1956) |
| Sudhanshu Ji Maharaj (born May 1955) |
| Surdas (c. late 15th-century) |
| Swami Abhedananda (2 October 1866 – 8 September 1939) |
| Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha (born 13 May 1933) |
| Swami Chidbhavananda (11 March 1898 – 16 November 1985) |
| Swami Janakananda (born 13 June 1939) |
| Swami Keshwanand Satyarthi (born 5 September 1943), (Paramhans Satyarthi Mission, Advait Mat ) |
| Swami Nithyananda (born 1 January 1978 or 13 March 1977) |
| Swami Purnachaitanya (born 1984) |
| Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri (1855–1936) |
| Swami Rama (1925–1996) |
| Swami Ramanand (c. 1738 – c. 1802) |
| Swami Ramdas (10 April 1884 – 25 July 1963) |
| Swami Samarth |
| Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902) |
| Swaminarayan (3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830) |
| Swarupanand (1 February 1884 – 9 April 1936), part of Advait Mat lineage |
| Swarupananda (8 July 1871 – 27 June 1906) |
| Tibbetibaba (birth unknown – 19 November 1930) |
| Trailanga (1607–1887) |
| Tukaram (c. 1608 – 1649) |
| Tulsidas (1532–1623), also known as Goswami Tulsidas |
| Upasni Maharaj (15 May 1870 – 24 December 1941) |
| Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (9 July 1918 – 22 March 2007) |
| Utpaladeva (ca. 900–950), teacher of Kashmiri Shaivism |
| V to X |
| Vallabha Acharya (1479 – 1531) |
| Vadiraja Tirtha (1480–1600) |
| Vasugupta (~ 800–850 CE), author of the Shiva Sutras in Kashmiri Shaivism |
| Vethathiri Maharishi (14 August 1911 – 28 March 2006) |
| Vidyaranya (c. 1268 – c. 1386) |
| Vishuddhananda Paramahansa (14 March 1853 – 14 July 1937) |
| Vishwesha Tirtha (1931–2019) |
| Vyasatirtha (c. 1460 – 1539) |
| vasistha (vedic times) rig veda |
| Y to Z |
| Yogaswami (1872 – March 1964) |
| Yogi Ramsuratkumar (1 December 1918 – 20 February 2001) |
| Yogiji Maharaj |
| Yukteswar Giri (10 May 1855 – 9 March 1936) |
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