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This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, includinggurus ,sants monks ,yogis and spiritual masters.
A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or]godman ,"[ 1] diksha mantra , or sacredSanskrit phrase.[ 2]
Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1020)Adi Shankara (8th c. CE)[ 4] Acharya Prashant (1978 – Present)Advaita Acharya (1434–1539)Agastyar (3rd millennium BCE)[ 5] Akka Mahadevi (c.1130 – 1160),Kannada literature Akshobhya Tirtha (c. 1282- c. 1365), disciple of Madhvacharya 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 (1888–1969)Arunagirinathar (15th century A.D.)Avvaiyar (c. 1st and 2nd century AD),Tamil literature Ayya Vaikundar (1809–1851)Atri (Vedic times) [[RBaba Hari Dass (26 March 1923 – 25 September 2018)Baba Mast Nath (born 1764)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 theSanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Bhagat Dhanna (born 1415)Bhagatji Maharaj (20 March 1829 – 7 November 1897)Bhagawan Nityananda [ 6] December 1897 – 8 August 1961)Bhakti Charu Swami (17 September 1945 – 4 July 2020)Bhakti Tirtha Swami [ 7] February 1950 – 27 June 2005)Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937)Bhaktivinoda Thakur (2 September 1838 – 23 June 1914)Bharathi Tirtha (born 11 April 1951, 36th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham)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 [ 8] December 1868 – 20 May 1953)Chaitanya Mahaprabhu [ 9] February 1486 – 14 June 1534)Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994)Chandrashekhara Bharati III (1892–1954)Chattampi Swamikal (c. 1853–1924)Chaturbhuj Sahay (3 November 1883 – 24 September 1957)Chinmayananda Saraswati (8 May 1916 – 3 August 1993)Chokhamela (14th century)Padmanabha Tirtha Panth Maharaj (3 September 1855 – 16 October 1905)Paramahansa Yogananda [ 31] 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 [ 32] [ 33] 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)Premanand Ji Maharaj , Radhavallabh Sampradaya, Vrindavan (born 30 March 1969)Purandara Dasa (c. 1484 – c. 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] Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami (1505–1579)Rajinder Singh (spiritual master) (20 September 1946) (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) (Founder of Science of Spirituality)Rakeshprasad [ 35] 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] February 1836 – 16 August 1886)See Disciples Ramalinga Swamigal (5 October 1823, disappeared on 30 January 1874), also known as VallalarRamana Maharshi [ 37] December 1879 – 14 April 1950)Ramanuja (c. 1077 – c. 1157)Ramprasad Sen (c. 1718 or c. 1723 – c. 1775)Ravidas (1398–1540)Rupa Goswami (1489–1564)
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