Indian religious leaders

Rajneesh (born Chandra Mohan Jain; 11 December 193119 January 1990), also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Acharya Rajneesh, and commonly known as Osho (), was an Indian godman, philosopher, mystic, and founder of the Rajneesh movement. He was a controversial new religious movement leader during his life. He rejected institutional religions, insisting that spiritual experience could not be organized into any one system of religious dogma. As a guru, he advocated meditation and taught a unique form called dynamic meditation. Rejecting traditional ascetic practices, he encouraged his followers t

right|thumb|200px|A contemporary bronze image of Saraha holding an arrow, probably made in Nepal (arte Newar)

Indian politician and language activist

Indian spiritual guru

Abhishiktananda (; 30 August 1910, in Saint Briac, Brittany–7 December 1973, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India), born Henri Le Saux, was a French-born Indian monk. He moved to India in 1948 in search of a more radical form of spiritual life, adopted sannyasa in accordance with Indian tradition, and became one of the pioneers of Hindu-Christian dialogue. Multiple contacts with prominent saints such as Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Gnanananda Giri, and Sri H.W.L. Poonja led him to profound advaitic experience as well as to final recognition of the truth of advaita during the last years of his li

naga spiritual leader and activist (1905–1931)