Hindu revivalists

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

Ramakrishna (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886), also called Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (; ; ), born Ramakrishna Chattopadhyay (his childhood nickname was Gadadhar), was an Indian Hindu mystic. He was a devotee of the goddess Kali, but adhered to various religious practices from the Hindu traditions of Vaishnavism, Tantric Shaktism, and Advaita Vedanta, as well as Christianity and Sufi Islam. His parable-based teachings advocated the essential unity of religions and proclaimed that world religions are "so many paths to reach one and the same goal". He is regarded by his followers as an avatar (di

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)

Rambola (; 11 August 1511 – 30 July 1623), popularly known as Goswami Tulsīdās (), was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint, devotee (भक्त) and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama. He wrote several popular works in Sanskrit, Awadhi, and Braj Bhasha, but is best known as the author of the Hanuman Chalisa and of the epic Ramcharitmanas, a retelling of the Sanskrit Ramayana, based on Rama's life, in the vernacular Awadhi language.

15th century Indian Vaishnavite saint

Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev (born 3 September 1957), also known as Sadhguru, is an Indian guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritual activities. Sadhguru has been teaching yoga since 1982. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers ''Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny'', and a frequent speaker at international forums.

Hindu Guru (1896–1982)

Indian philosopher (1817–1905)

American spiritual teacher, author and psychologist

Srimanta Sankardev (, ; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam. He is credited with building on past cultural relics and devising new forms of music (Borgeet), theatrical performance (Ankia Naat, Bhaona), dance (Sattriya), literary language (Brajavali). Besides, he has left a literary oeuvre of trans-created scriptures (Bhagavat of Sankardev), poetry and theological works written in Sanskrit,

Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.

Indian social reformer (1858–1962)

Indian academic (1838–1884)

Indian yogi (1925–1996)

Gaudīya Vaisnava Hindu guru and instructor (1874–1937)

US-based international author and peace activist

Indian historian

Vishwananda (born '''Mahadeosingh 'Visham' Komalram in 1978), known to followers as Paramahamsa Sri Swami Vishwananda' (), is a Mauritian neo-Hindu religious leader. He is the founder of Bhakti Marga, a neo-Hindu organization. His main ashram is in the small village of Springen (Heidenrod) in the Taunus, and teaches his own version of kriya yoga called Atma Kriya Yoga''.

Social reformer and father of modern Telugu literature

Indian philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer (1920–2003)

Indian spiritual leader (1838–1914)

Hindu religious guru & founder of Satsang ashram (1888–1969)

thumb|220px|Trailinga Swami Trailinga Swami (also Tailang Swami, Telang Swami was a Hindu yogi and mystic who lived in Varanasi India.

Nityananda (, ; c. 1474-c. 1540), also called Nityananda Prabhu and Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nityananda was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple. Chaitanya and Nityananda are often mentioned together as Gaura-Nitai (Gaura, referring to Chaitanya) or Nimai-Nitai (Nimai being a name of Chaitanya).

19th century Indian philanthropist

Indian Spiritual Master

Hindu guru

spiritual leader

Indian academic

Hindu reformers and religious persons

Bengali writer of nineteenth-century and translator of the epic Mahabharata in Bangla

Ranjitha is an Indian former actress who appeared in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films during her career. Since 2023, she is known to be serving as the Prime Minister of Kailaasa, a self-proclaimed micronation promoted by Nithyananda.

Indian religious guru and yogi

Indian politician

American Hindu preacher (born 1949)

Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu social reformer, literary critic, author, poet, teacher and ascetic (1892–1947)

Indian politician

Swami Vijnanananda (born Hariprasanna Chattopadhyay; 30 October 1868 – 25 April 1938) was an Indian monk of Ramakrishna order, born in an upper-class family in Etawah , Uttar Pradesh, and was a direct disciple of Ramakrishna. He was an engineer and worked as the District Engineer in the erstwhile State of United Provinces, India. He was a great scholar of Sanskrit with expertise in religio-philosophical works, astronomy, civil engineering etc. He spent considerable time in Allahabad (Prayag) centre of Ramakrishna Math. He became the President of Ramakrishna Mission in 1937. It was under his pr

Hindu religious leader (1896–1941)

Sri Lankan Shaivism and Tamil language scholar, reformer, revivalist (1822–1879)

Indian philosopher, Founder of Mahanubhava Sect in Vaishnavism

Hindu guru