List of Hindu Gurus, and Saints

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

• A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ^[1]
• Acharya Rakeshprasad Pande ^[2]
• Adi Shankara ^[3]
• Akhandanand ^[4]
• Amrit Desai ^[5]
• Anandmurti Gurumaa (female)^[6]
• Baba Lokenath Brahmachari ^[7]
• Bhagawan Nityananda ^[8]
• Bhakti Tirtha Swami ^[9]
• Bhakti Caru Swami ^[10]
• Brahmananda Saraswati ^[11]

• Brahmarshi Prem Nirmal ^[12][13]

• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ^[14]
• Dongreji Mahraj^[15]
• Gajanan Maharaj
• Gorakshanath

• Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (female)^[16]
• Gopal Krishna Goswami ^[17]
• Gnanananda Giri ^[18]
• Haridas Thakur ^[19][20]
• Hridayananda dasa Goswami ^[21]

• Jayadvaita Swami ^[21]
• Jayapataka Swami ^[22]
• Lahiri Mahasaya ^[23]
• Madhvacharya ^[24]
• Maharishi Dayananda Saraswati (Founder of Arya Samaj)
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi ^[25]
• Mahavatar Babaji ^[26]
• Mata Amritanandamayi (female)^[27]
• Meher Baba ^[28]
• Mother Meera (female)^[29]
• Muktananda ^[16]
• Narayan Dutt Shrimali ^[30]
• Narayan Maharaj ^[31]
• Neem Karoli Baba ^[32]

• Nimbarka ^[33]
• Nisargadatta Maharaj ^[34]
• Paramahansa Yogananda ^[35]
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj ^[36]
• Radhanath Swami^{[citation needed]}
• Raghavendra Swami ^[37]
• Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) ^[38]
• Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ^[39]
• Ramana Maharshi ^[40]
• Ramanuja
• Sai Baba of Shirdi ^[25]
• Sant Shri Asaram Ji Bapu
• Sant Dnyaneshwar ^[41]
• Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami ^[42]
• Satsvarupa dasa Goswami ^[43]
• Satya Sai Baba
• Shastri Narayanswarupdas ^[44]
• Shankaracharya
• Shriram Sharma Acharya
• Sri Anandamayi Ma (female)
• Sri Aurobindo
• Sri Chinmoy^{[citation needed]}
• Sri Narayana Guru, writer of Daiva Dasakam {male}^[45]
• Sri Niranjanji Maharaj
• Sri Sarada Devi (female)
• Sri Yukteswar Giri
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
• Srimanta Sankardeva^[46]
• Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi^[47]
• Swami Nigamananda^[48]
• Swami Chidbhavananda
• Swami Chinmayananda
• Swami Dayananda Saraswati (Founder of Arsha Vidya)
• Swami Janakananda
• Swami Krishnananda
• Swami Lakshamanananda
• Swami Nigamananda
• Swami Niranjanananda
• Swami Rama Tirtha
• Swami Rama^{[citation needed]}
• Swami Ramdas
• Swami Satchidananda
• Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi
• Swami Satyananda
• Swami Sivananda
• Swami Vivekananda
• Tamala Krishna Goswami
• Tukaram
• Upasni Maharaj
• Vallabhacarya ^[49]
• Yogaswami

[edit]See also

• List of Hindus
• List of Yogis

Rashtrasant Tukadoji maharaj

[edit]Notes

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