Bairagi caste

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{{Short description|Protector of Sanatan Dharma, Organization of Vaishnav Soldiers to Protect Monasteries and Saints}}
{{Distinguish|Bairagi (Vaishnav Brahmin)|text=the [[Bairagi (raga)]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
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| caption = [[Maharaj]] [[Shri]] Damodar Das Bairagi (Bade Dauji) in martial pose riding a horse - [[mewar]] c.mid- [[19th century]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldindianarts.in/2013/11/gosain-damodar-in-martial-pose-riding.html?m=1|title = Gosain Damodar in martial pose riding a horse - Mewar, c.mid-19th century - Old Indian Arts}}</ref>
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| rels = [[Hinduism]]
| related = {{unbulleted list|[[Mahant]]|[[Swami]]}}
| footnotes = In some places '''Bairagi''' is also called '''Vaishnav Brahmin'''
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'''Bairagi''' is a Section of [[Hindu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Prayer Digest|url=http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/Bairagi-Brahmins/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.globalprayerdigest.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jha|first=Makhan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Jk6oE4sh18C|title=India and Nepal: Sacred Centres and Anthropological Researches|date=1998|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-7533-081-8|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Singh 1998">{{Cite book|last1=Singh|first1=K. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKsqzB4P1ioC|title=Rajasthan|last2=Lavania|first2=B. K.|date=1998|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-766-1|language=en}}</ref> It is also known by other names including '''Swami''', '''Vaishnav''', '''Mahant''' and '''Pujari''' at different places in India.<ref name="Ph.D">{{Cite book|last=Ph.D|first=James G. Lochtefeld|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g6FsB3psOTIC|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Volume 2|date=2001-12-15|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-0-8239-3180-4|language=en}}</ref> They are particularly [[priest]]s<ref name="bhaskar.com">https://www.bhaskar.com/RAJ-OTH-MAT-latest-bhinmal-news-024003-969007-NOR.html/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=वैष्णव बैरागी समाज ने जिला कलक्टर को सौंपा ज्ञापन|url=https://www.patrika.com/bundi-news/bundi-news-bundi-rajasthan-news-vaishnav-bairagi-society-memorandum-4968389/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ḍabarāla|first=Śivaprasāda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40tuAAAAMAAJ|title=Uttarākhaṇda kā itihāsa: Uttarakhanda ke abhilekha evam mudra|date=1965|publisher=Vīra-Gāthā-Prakāśana|language=hi}}</ref> and [[Land ownership|land owners]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-09|title=ताजमहल से जुड़ी है बैरागी परंपरा|url=https://www.jansatta.com/religion/on-6-january-1562-jodhbai-the-granddaughter-of-rani-balan-bai-and-daughter-of-raja-bharatmal-was-married-to-akbar-king-prithviraj-had-given-the-manor-of-parbatsar-to-his-junior-son-rupasi-bairagi-rupa/1714355/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Singh|first1=K. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9MVAQAAMAAJ|title=India's Communities|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=IBBETSON|first=DENZIL CHARLES JELF|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJoIAAAAQAAJ|title=REPORT ON THE REVISION OF SETTLEMENT OF THE PANIPAT TAHSIL & KARNAL PARGANAH OF THE KARNAL DISTRICT|date=1883|language=en}}</ref> They follow one of the Four [[Vaishnava]] orders: the [[Visishtadvaita]] belief system of [[Ramanuja]] (popularized by [[Ramananda]] in [[North India]]), the [[Dvaitadvaita]] philosophy propagated by [[Nimbarkacharya]], the [[Shuddhadvaita]] philosophy propagated by [[Vishnuswami]] (mostly popularised by [[Vallabhacharya]] in North India), or the [[Dvaita]] philosophy propagated by [[Madhvacharya]]. The '''Bairagi caste''' is composed of respectable people.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cust|first=Robert Needham|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9qUaCuqpIgC|title=Linguistic and Oriental Essays|date=1880|publisher=Trübner & Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=General|first=India Office of the Registrar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6f8cAQAAMAAJ|title=Census of India, 1961|date=1966|publisher=Manager of Publications|language=en}}</ref>

According to these Philosophies, people are divided into four main ''[[sampradaya]]'' (Religious systems):
* [[Shri Sampradaya]]<ref name="Ph.D"/> ([[Ramanandi Sampradaya]])
* [[Nimbarka Sampradaya]] (Kumar Sampradaya)<ref name="Ph.D"/>
* [[Rudra Sampradaya]]<ref name="Ph.D"/>
* [[Brahma Sampradaya]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Brahma Sampradaya {{!}} Gaudiya History|url=https://gaudiyahistory.iskcondesiretree.com/brahma-sampradaya/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=gaudiyahistory.iskcondesiretree.com}}</ref>

[[File:Ramanuja embracing Lord Varadaraj.jpg|thumb|right|x160px|[[Ramanuja|Swami Ramanujacharya]] depicted with [[Tilaka|Vaishnava Tilak]] and [[Vishnu]] statue.]]
[[File:Shri Madhvacharya.jpg|thumb|x184px|[[Madhvacharya|Jagadguru Madhvacharya]]]]
[[File: Nimbarkacharya's holy icon at the Ukhra Nimbarka Peeth Mahanta Asthal(West Bengal).JPG|thumb|right|x115px|[[Nimbarkacharya|Shri Nimbarkacharya's]] idol at [[Ukhra Mahanta Asthal|Ukhra Nimbarka Peeth, West Bengal.]]]]
Majority of the members of the Bairagi community perform [[priesthood]] practices in temples.<ref name="bhaskar.com"/> [[Swami]] [[surname]] is Mostly used in northwestern regions of [[India]]. These people are known as<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Kumar Suresh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bfAMAQAAMAAJ|title=Communities, Segments, Synonyms, Surnames and Titles|date=1996|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-0-19-563357-3|language=en}}</ref>

* [[Ramanandi Sampradaya|Vaishnav Brahmin]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shah|first=Dr Sarita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYRLOJWSxDMC|title=Uttrakhand Mein Aadhyatmik Paryatan : Mandir Evam Tirath|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.|isbn=978-81-7182-282-9|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-04|title=अभा वैष्णव ब्राह्मण सेवा संघ ने ज्ञापन सौंपा|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/MP-OTH-MAT-latest-dhar-news-030529-2383380-NOR.html|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Swami]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=K. S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=99c-AQAAIAAJ|title=People of India: Delhi|date=1996|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-7304-096-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Acyuta|first=Rāmaprakāśācarya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hx0bAAAAIAAJ|title=Śrī Ācārya subodha caritāmr̥ta|date=1990|publisher=Uttama Āśrama Sādhu Saṃsthāna (Pranyāsa Maṇḍala)|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Mahant]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Banga|first=Indu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCJuAAAAMAAJ|title=Precolonial and Colonial Punjab: Society, Economy, Politics, and Culture : Essays for Indu Banga|date=2005|publisher=Manohar|isbn=978-81-7304-654-4|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Thakur|first=Balabhadra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VvY_AAAAIAAJ|title=Devataom ke desa mem|date=1959|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Pujari]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Naik|first=Thakorlal Bharabhai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YT8uAAAAMAAJ|title=Bāraha Bhāī Biñjhavāra|date=1972|publisher=Madhyāpradeśa Hindī Grantha Akādamī|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQEnAQAAIAAJ|title=Śrī Paramānanda smr̥ti-kaṇa: Paramahaṃsa Svāmī Paramānanda Jī Mahārāja kā Saṃsmaraṇātmaka jīvana-caritra|date=1974|publisher=Śrī Bhagavad Bhakti Āśrama|language=hi}}</ref>

== Classification ==

The Bairagi community is given reservation in government jobs and educational institutes as an [[Other Backward Class]] in various regions of India. These include [[Madhya Pradesh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLuPAiTDwaBMRTkcitPtwFoYM/vPkOo88fWK/s/LWkaxMKHeos/c/Kys|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref>(But [[Brahmin]] Bairagi are not included into OBC),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.bccomm.mp.gov.in/pdf/castelist-state.pdf|access-date=2021-06-12|website=www.bccomm.mp.gov.in}}</ref>[[Chandigarh]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLs6Ml5fN1KWlysLFJ9ZZUT0wVyipx/cKbXgvxsxWmh8vAkBPMBJGs/L|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Chhattisgarh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvU0s0yRV7aeb13aoM90cT9ioOuR4xIGRL/PpW8Y55aF3GqmP+6qk0h|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Delhi]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYWWarIfsJpAU09izbLPYElcezG29yU0iGiE06dFe/6LJkoytsMWec|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Haryana]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLtSFTL0ASsWZiEMIyxBfIugSJe8arywMwfWfPq16O6iHdjTWVqYIXVu|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Himachal Pradesh]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvnHHKZ9t8g+EgijzJVQtho7CaGSXROrDtM9fybcBvLdUE90UeQwWqY|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Jharkhand]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLtntPZrP1xnZG8nZ34XuoBfsHwTY/8cYIdPy3GhAzIle6lduoM7zNVH|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Odisha]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLs9KFQF7Vtb/nFssWGD/Stdd0AoHuDmMlE1cjWi2dtJRwAnui0pITyJ|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Punjab]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLuTMjHNGD7tLAGJDr0rFZ6gQLuDB/be2VQawqI1srOZXpS98tTBZQrI|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Uttar Pradesh]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvxbegUDuc3MN4eB5E3Ecc1drRPAf1qXQ+l0IqIfhjN1xHrf4i2h5g0|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref> [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Commission for Backward Classes|url=http://www.ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLsuCb9GxzA3FUXPNZAkS8Kj+VqdHT8iuedaGzNgriEQksoNWttsla2n|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.ncbc.nic.in}}</ref>

Bairagi caste is considered [[Forward caste]] in [[Bihar]], [[West Bengal]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Assam]], [[Kerala]], [[Manipur]], [[Meghalaya]], [[Mizoram]], [[Nagaland]], [[Sikkim]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Telangana]], [[Tripura]], [[Daman and Diu]], [[Goa]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Andaman and Nicobar]] and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-27|title='राजा भी रहे हैं पंजाब के बैरागी साधु'|url=https://www.punjabkesari.in/dharm/news/history-of-punjabi-kings-1173339|access-date=2021-06-15|website=punjabkesari}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=sbts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdsiEAAAQBAJ|title=Chhattisgarh General Knowledge GK Book|publisher=by Mocktime Publication|language=en}}</ref>

==Origin==
The name '''Bairagi''' is derived from the Sanskrit word '''[[vairagya]]''', which means, "One who is free from worldly Affairs"<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhanu|first=B. V.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmBjoAFMfjoC|title=Maharashtra|date=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-100-6|language=en}}</ref>

==Identification of Bairagi ==
[[File:Galta ji temple surrounded by hills on all sides..jpg|thumb|200px|[[Galtaji]] temple, [[Jaipur]] (One Dwara of '''Ramanandi Sri Sampradaya''' from fifty two Dwaras of Bairagis, known as Gaddi of '''Kilhadev Acharya''' in bairagi community)<ref name="Rajsthanthroughtheages4">{{cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Dr R.K|last2=Bakshi|first2=Dr S.R|title=Rajsthan through the ages - Vol 4. Jaipur rulers and administrators|year=2008|publisher=Sarup & sons|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|pages=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLQeSBLpUwsC}}</ref>]]
A Bairagi is one whose principal deity is [[Vishnu]] or either of his great [[incarnations]]: [[Rama]] or [[Krishna]]. The caste spread throughout India, but they are more concentrated in the northwestern states of the country. Bairagis can be identified by their necklaces of [[Tulsi]] beads and their ''[[tilak]]'', (a spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead, known as [[Urdhva Pundra]]). The Bairagi are [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] but avoid ''masur dal'' ([[lentil]]), onion, and [[garlic]].<ref name="Singh 1998"/>

There are 52 ''[[gotra]]s'' (clans) and 52 ''dwaras'' (schools) of Vaishnavas. They follow the dual gotra system: Vaishnava [[Acharya]] gotra and [[Rishi]] gotra, i.e. Kilhadeva acharya (Kilhavat) and Kaushik gotra are gotras of the same clan. There are a small section non-Brahmin Bairagis who joined the community during the [[Bhakti movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bairagi - Jatland Wiki|url=https://www.jatland.com/home/Bairagi|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.jatland.com}}</ref>

==Bairagi Dynasties and States==

===Nandgaon State===
The first ruler [[Mahant Raja Ghasi Das|Mahant Ghasi Das]] of
[[Nandgaon State]], was recognized as a feudal chief by the British government in 1865 and was granted a [[sanad of adoption]]. Later the British conferred the title of ''raja'' on the ruling mahant.<ref name=history1>{{cite book|title=Chhattisgarh ki Riyaste/Princely stastes aur Jamindariyaa|year=2011|publisher=Vaibhav Prakashan|location=Raipur|isbn=978-81-89244-96-5}}</ref><ref name=history2>{{cite book|title=Chhattisgarh ki Janjaatiyaa/Tribes aur Jatiyaa/Castes|year=2011|publisher=Mansi publication|location=Delhi|isbn=978-81-89559-32-8}}</ref>

===Chhuikhadan State===
The chiefs of [[Chhuikhadan State]] were originally under the [[Bhonsle]]s of Nagpur, the first Chief being '''Mahant Rup Das''' in 1750. However, after defeat of [[Marathas]], they were recognized by British as feudatory chiefs in 1865 conferring the title and sanad to '''Mahant Laxman Das'''.<ref>Princely states of India: a guide to chronology and rulers by David P. Henige - 2004 - Page 48</ref>

==Bairagi Akharas==
There are three prominent Bairagi [[Vaishnavism|(Vaishnav)]] [[Akhara]]s:<ref name=relDis1>[South Asian Religions on Display: Religious Processions in South Asia and in the Diaspora, Knut A. Jacobsen, ISBN hardback 978-0-415-4373-3, ISBN ebook ISBN hardback 978-0-203-93059-5]</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Jāyasavāla|first=Akhileśa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DT9uAAAAMAAJ&q=ramanandacharya+bairagi|title=18vīṃ śatābdī meṃ Avadha ke samāja evaṃ saṃskr̥ti ke katipaya paksha: śodha prabandha|date=1991|publisher=Śāradā Pustaka Bhavana|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Digambara#Digambar akhara|Digambar Akhara]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=बाकी अखाड़ों से अलग कैसे है 'दिगंबर अखाड़ा'?|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/knowledge/everything-you-need-to-know-about-shree-digambar-akhada-1625366.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=News18 India}}</ref>
* [[Nirmohi Akhara]]<ref name="Ph.D"/>
* [[Hanuman Garhi Temple|Nirvani Akhara]]<ref name="Ph.D"/>

==Notable people==
[[File:Gosvami Tulsidas.jpg|thumb|[[Tulsidas]] composes one of his works. Statue at Saint Tulsidas Municipal Inter College, [[Soron]], [[Kasganj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]].]]
[[File:Banda Bahadur Memorial.jpg|thumb|[[Veer Banda Bairagi]] Memorial in [[Khanda, Sonipat]], [[Haryana]].]]

===Spiritual===
* [[Tulsidas]] ([[Ramanandi]] - [[Sri Sampradaya]])<ref>Rambhadracharya 2008, pp. xxvi–xxix.</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Flood | first=Gavin D. | title=The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism | publisher=Wiley-Blackwell | location=Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America | edition=Illustrated | year=2003 | page=331 | isbn=9780631215356}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Simoons | first=Frederick J. | title=Plants of life, plants of death | publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press | location=Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America | year=1998 | edition=1st | pages=7–40 | isbn=9780299159047}}</ref>
* [[Baba Lal Dayal|Lal Das Bairagi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sanatana-dharma.livejournal.com/109815.html|title=My Favourite Sufi Prince|website=sanatana-dharma.livejournal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oflLAQAAIAAJ&q=baba+lal+Das+Bairagi+and+Dara+Shikoh|title = Madhya Bhārati: śōdha-patrika, Sāgara Viśvavidhyālaya|year = 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/jansatta-dharma-diksha-heritage-laldas-bairagis-admirer-dara-shikoh-history-and-fame/1402670/|title=धर्म और समाज का संगम -लालदास बैरागी और दारा शिकोह|date=May 11, 2020|website=Jansatta}}</ref>
* [[Hathiram Bairagi|Swami Hathiram Bairagi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/saint-tradition-tirupati-saint-hathiram-bairagi-symbol-of-tolerance-coordination-and-harmony/1444970/|title=संत परंपरा: तिरुपति के संत हाथीराम बैरागी|date=June 22, 2020|website=Jansatta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vayusutha.in/vs4/temple138.html|title=Sri Hanuman of Sri Swamy Hathiramji Mutt, Vellore, Tamilnadu|website=vayusutha.in}}</ref>
* [[Surdas|Swami Surdas]] (Vallabh Sampradaya)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abbas|first=Farruq|date=2020-11-09|title=प्रिय कवि — सूरदास व उनका काव्य पर निबंध|url=https://gyanibabu.com/essay-on-surdas/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Gyani Babu|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-13|title=क्या रामदास बैरागी थे कृष्ण भक्त सूरदास जी के पिता?|url=https://www.punjabkesari.in/dharm/news/religious-concept-about-ramdas-bairagi-1400406|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Punjabkesari}}</ref>
* [[Nitai|Shri Nityananda Rama Prabhu]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bhakti Darshan - Sri Nityananda Prabhu|url=https://bhaktidarshan.in/biography_contents.php?bio=48|access-date=2021-06-14|website=bhaktidarshan.in|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Lord Nityananda {{!}} Krishna.com|url=http://www.krishna.com/lord-nityananda|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.krishna.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=चैतन्य महाप्रभु {{!}} भारतकोश|url=https://m.bharatdiscovery.org/india/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%81|access-date=2021-06-14|website=m.bharatdiscovery.org|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Hariram Vyas|Swami Hariram Vyas]] was the Rajguru (Royal priest) to King Madhukar Shah of [[Orchha State]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Editorial|date=2018-12-08|title=हरिराम व्यास जी की जीवनी {{!}} Hari ram vyas in Hindi|url=https://achhigyan.com/hari-ram-vyas-biography/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=AchhiGyan.Com - अच्छीज्ञान.कॉम ज्ञान का विशाल संग्रह|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Chakravarty|first=Kalyan Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fDXrAAAAMAAJ|title=Art of India: Orchha|date=1984|publisher=Arnold-Heinemann|isbn=978-0-391-03224-8|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Hith Harivansh Mahaprabhu]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Beck|first=Guy L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0SJ73GHSCF8C|title=Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity|date=2005-03-24|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-6415-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Gosvāmī|first1=Hita Harivaṃśa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOs-G0-VIWQC|title=The Eighty-four Hymns of Hita Harivaṃśa: An Edition of the Caurāsī Pada|last2=Snell|first2=Rupert|date=1991|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-0629-0|language=en}}</ref> was the Guru of [[Jaimal Rathore]], ruler of [[Merta City|Martha State]] and brother of [[Mirabai]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=श्री रघुलाल जी का जयमलजी के वचन की रक्षा करना|url=https://bhaktamal.com/tag/भक्तमाल-कथा-श्री-जयमल-जी/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=www.bhaktamal.com}}</ref><ref>Shree Bhaktmal, Geeta Press, Gorakhpur, P.437</ref>
* [[Krishna Das Payohari]] was the Guru of [[Prithvi Singh I|Prithvi Singh]], ruler of [[Jaipur State|Amber]](Jaipur) and his wife Apurva Devi ('''Bala Bai''').<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-06|title=जयपुर स्थित वैष्णव भक्ति केंद्र गलताजी मठ|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/galtaji-peetha-located-hills-of-aravali-one-of-the-gates-of-saint-swami-ramanandji-established-tradition-of-vaishnava-devotion-in-north-india/1458889/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190209022141/http://hi.krishnakosh.org/कृष्ण/पयहारी_कृष्%E2%80%8Dणदास</ref> He was also guru of Raja Jagat Singh of [[Kullu]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=पृष्ठ:हिंदी साहित्य का इतिहास-रामचंद्र शुक्ल.pdf/१४४ - विकिस्रोत|url=https://hi.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0:%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2.pdf/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%AA|access-date=2021-06-15|website=hi.wikisource.org|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Official website for Kullu Dussehra|url=http://kulludussehra.hp.gov.in/history-of-kullu-dussehra/|access-date=2021-06-15|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Kilhadev|Kilhadev Ji]]<ref name="Rajsthanthroughtheages4">{{cite book|last1=Gupta|first1=Dr R.K|last2=Bakshi|first2=Dr S.R|title=Rajsthan through the ages - Vol 4. Jaipur rulers and administrators|year=2008|publisher=Sarup & sons|isbn=978-81-7625-841-8|pages=118|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLQeSBLpUwsC}}</ref> was the Guru of Raja [[Askaran]], ruler of [[Jaipur State|Amber]](Jaipur) and [[Narwar]].<ref>[http://krizna.in/001-Epics/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi.pdf Shree Bhaktmal, Sri Nimbark Teerth-Salemabad, Rajasthan, p.860]</ref> And Diksha Guru of '''Rupsi Bairagi''', son of [[Prithvi Singh I|Prithvi Singh]], ruler of [[Jaipur State|Amber]](Jaipur) and uncle of [[Askaran]].<ref>Shree Bhaktmal, Geeta Press, Gorakhpur, P.772-774</ref><ref>[http://krizna.in/001-Epics/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi/Bhaktmal-Katha-Hindi.pdf Shree Bhaktmal, Sri Nimbark Teerth-Salemabad, Rajasthan, p.848]</ref>
* '''Makhan Das Bairagi''' was the Guru of [[Bharatpur State|Jat Rulers of Bharatpur]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-27|title=महाराजा सूरजमल के जन्म की पृष्ठभूमि|url=https://www.bharatkaitihas.com/background-of-the-birth-of-maharaja-surajma/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=भारत का इतिहास – भारत का इतिहास – विश्व सभ्यता का गौरव!|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Yug Nirmata Maharaja Surajmal {{!}} Rajasthan Blog|url=https://www.rajasthanhistory.com/blog/yug-nirmata-maharaja-surajmal/yug-nirmata-maharaja-surajmal-4|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.rajasthanhistory.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Dwivedi|first1=Girish Chandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AR5uAAAAMAAJ&q=Makhandas+Bairagi|title=The Jats, Their Role in the Mughal Empire|last2=Prasad|first2=Ishwari|date=1989|publisher=Arnold Publishers|isbn=978-81-7031-150-8|language=en}}</ref>
*'''Mahant Ram Krishna Bairagi''' was the Guru of [[Suraj Mal|Maharaja Suraj Mal]] & [[Jawahar Singh|Maharaja Jawahar Singh]] of [[Bharatpur State]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Jats - Their Role in the Mughal Empire/Appendix E - Jatland Wiki|url=https://www.jatland.com/home/The_Jats_-_Their_Role_in_the_Mughal_Empire/Appendix_E|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.jatland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Maharaja Jawahar Singh - Jatland Wiki|url=https://www.jatland.com/home/Maharaja_Jawahar_Singh|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.jatland.com}}</ref>
* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]] (propounder of [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=वैष्णव समिति का ढोलक संग डीसी ऑफिस पर प्रदर्शन|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/jamshedpur/story-vaishnav-committee-perform-at-dc-office-with-dholak-2759573.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Hindustan|language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-08-29|title=श्री चैतन्य महाप्रभु को सम्मान दिलाने को लेकर 20 को विशाल रैली निकालेगी झारखंड वैष्णव बैरागी समिति|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/jharkhand/ghatsila/news/jharkhand-vaishnav-bairagi-committee-will-organize-a-huge-rally-on-20th-to-pay-respect-to-shri-chaitanya-mahaprabhu-153005-5353490.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=नित्यानन्द {{!}} भारतकोश|url=https://m.bharatdiscovery.org/india/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6|access-date=2021-06-14|website=m.bharatdiscovery.org|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Morari Bapu|Moraridas Prabhudas Hariyani]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Panjoba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dqSDgAAQBAJ|title=Dear Shesh, Chintamani|date=2017-03-28|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=978-1-4828-8919-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Moraribapu Official Website|url=https://chitrakutdhamtalgajarda.org/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=chitrakutdhamtalgajarda.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Birthday of Morari Bapu – MoDe India|url=https://modeindia.co.in/special_days/birthday-of-morari-bapu/|access-date=2021-06-14|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Swami Haridas]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-25|title=भक्ति संगीत के पितामह स्वामी हरिदास|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/father-of-devotional-music-and-poet-swami-haridas-significant-contribution-to-classical-music-mentor-of-tansen-and-baiju-bawra/1416897/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=स्वामी हरिदास|url=http://hi.krishnakosh.org/कृष्ण/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8|access-date=2021-06-14|website=hi.krishnakosh.org|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Beck|first=Guy L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8z-v1p2qrwsC&q=swami+haridas+Vaishnav&pg=PA75|title=Alternative Krishnas: Regional and Vernacular Variations on a Hindu Deity|date=2006-06-01|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=978-0-7914-6416-8|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ramananda|Jagadguru Swami Ramanandacharya]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-12-19|title=RAMANANDA|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographical/hindu-bhagats-and-poets-and-punjabi-officials/ramananda/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Sikh Encyclopedia|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-09|title=(रामानंद (1299 1411ई.)- Ramananda (1299 1411 AD.|url=https://samanyagyanedu.in/रामानंद-1299-1411ई/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=SAMANYA GYAN|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ainy|date=2018-05-19|title=Swami Ramanand|url=https://www.istampgallery.com/swami-ramanand/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.istampgallery.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Swami Ramanand Jayanti 2021: स्वामी रामानंद जिनसे गुरुदीक्षा के लिए कबीरदास सीढ़ियों पर लेट गए|url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/dharm/swami-ramanand-jayanti-2021-great-saints-of-bhakti-movement-dlnk-3446895.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=News18 Hindi|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=श्रीमठ दर्शन|url=http://shreemathkashi.com/darshan/|access-date=2021-06-14|website={{!}}{{!}}श्रीमठ{{!}}{{!}}|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=स्वामी रामानंद {{!}} भारतकोश|url=https://m.bharatdiscovery.org/india/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6|access-date=2021-06-14|website=m.bharatdiscovery.org|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Nimbarkacharya|Jagadguru Swami Nimbarkacharya]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=निम्बार्क संप्रदाय {{!}} भारतकोश|url=https://m.bharatdiscovery.org/india/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF|access-date=2021-06-14|website=m.bharatdiscovery.org|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=निम्बार्क संप्रदाय - ब्रज डिस्कवरी|url=http://hi.brajdiscovery.org/index.php?title=%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF|access-date=2021-06-14|website=hi.brajdiscovery.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Saraswati|first=Prakashanand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhLN2I9yTTkC|title=The True History and the Religion of India: A Concise Encyclopedia of Authentic Hinduism|date=2001|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publ.|isbn=978-81-208-1789-0|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Vallabha|Jagadguru Shri Vallabhacharya]]<ref name="Ph.D"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGSuAwWHa0kC|title=The Mysore Tribes and Castles|publisher=Mittal Publications|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-04|title=नाथद्वारा में स्थापना|url=https://www.jansatta.com/religion/nathadvara-mein-sthapana/1210656/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Madhvacharya|Jagadguru Shri Madhvacharya]]
* [[Vishnuswami|Jagadguru Shri Vishnuswami]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Raj|title=Vishnu Swami Caste Definition – Desi Times|url=https://news.desigoogly.com/blog/vishnu-swami-caste-definition/|access-date=2021-06-14|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-04|title=Teachings of Vaishnava Acharyas - Vishnuswami, Nimbarka ,Ramanuja, Madhva and Sri Chaitanya|url=https://www.thegaudiyatreasuresofbengal.com/2020/10/04/teachings-of-vaishnava-acharyas-vishnuswami-nimbarka-ramanuja-madhva-and-sri-chaitanya/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Gaudiya Treasures of Bengal|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Patnaik|first=N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk0vAAAAYAAJ|title=Sacred Complex in Orissa: Study of Three Major Aspects of the Sacred Complex|date=2000|publisher=Gyan Publishing House|isbn=978-81-212-0680-8|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kathia Baba]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bandyopadhyay|first1=Susilkumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=67M0AAAAIAAJ|title=Sri Sri Bamakshepa|last2=Banerjee|first2=Subodh Kumar|date=1971|publisher=Bamdev Sangha : available from Mahesh Library|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-21|title=Lineage|url=http://srikathiababa.org/lineage/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Kathia Baba Charitable Trust|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Bhagat Dhanna]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dhanna Bhagat - Jatland Wiki|url=https://www.jatland.com/home/Dhanna_Bhagat|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.jatland.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=स्वामी|first=Dhannavanshi / धन्नावंशी|title=Dhannavanshi / धन्नावंशी स्वामी|url=https://dhannavanshi.com/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=धन्नावंशी स्वामी|language=en-IN}}</ref>
*[[Bhagat Pipa]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=eBiography|title=संत पीपा जी जीवनी - Biography of sant pipa Ji Maharaj in Hindi Jivani|url=http://desktop_object_url/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=https://jivani.org|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-17|title=कृष्ण भक्त राजा का वैराग्य|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/poetry-of-krishna-bhakta-raja-rajput-king-pipaji-of-the-princely-state-of-gaganourgarh-indian-monalisa-poetess-bani-thani-priya-and-nagar-ramani/1497925/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref>

===Rulers===
* [[Digvijai Das|Mahant Raja Digvijai Das]]<ref name="rajnandgaon.nic.in">{{Cite web|url=https://rajnandgaon.nic.in/history/|title=History | District Rajnandgaon, Govt of Chhattisgarh, India | India}}</ref><ref name=history1/><ref name=history2/> (Last ruler of [[Nandgaon State]])
* [[Mahant Raja Ghasi Das]]<ref name="rajnandgaon.nic.in"/><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-04|title=नैतिकता का पाठ पढ़ाते हैं घासीदास संग्रहालय के बंदर|url=https://www.jansatta.com/rajya/bapu-three-monkeys-in-the-mahant-ghasidas-samarak-sangrahalay-museum-raipur-chhattisgarh/1241919/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Yadu|first=Hemūlāla|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RDNuAAAAMAAJ|title=Chattīsagaṛha kā gauravaśālī itihāsa: prārambhika kāla se Britiśa kāla taka|date=2006|publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7646-467-3|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Veer Banda Bairagi]]<ref name=HinduRakshak1>David N. Lorenzen, 2006, [https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=SO-YmMWpcVEC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=dashnami+akhara+aurangzeb&source=bl&ots=0wgApFz5ro&sig=ACfU3U2-hWLiwJSp9R2cfhs-ma1HnWi_DA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOm9Cv9vnoAhUScCsKHd8ADZQQ6AEwAHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=dashnami%20akhara%20aurangzeb&f=false Who Invented Hinduism: Essays on Religion in History], Yoda Press, p.56.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Arya|first=Rakesh Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0M_WDwAAQBAJ&q=veer+banda+bairagi|title=Hindu Rashtra Swapnadrishta-Banda Veer Bairagi|date=101-01-01|publisher=Prabhat Prakashan|isbn=978-93-5322-941-2|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Arya|first=Rakesh Kumar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys02DwAAQBAJ&q=%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80&pg=PT19|title=भारत के 1235 वर्षीय स्वतंत्रता संग्राम का इतिहास - भाग 4 : शिवा बैरागी का प्रताप बना मुगलों का संताप - Shiva Bairagi ka Pratap Bana Muglon ka Santap|date=2017-09-22|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-93-5278-495-0|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=बंदा बैरागी का एक कुटिया से शुरू होकर महायोद्धा और राजा बनने तक का सफर|url=https://www.jagran.com/editorial/apnibaat-the-name-of-the-brave-martyr-banda-bairagi-can-never-be-erased-from-history-jagran-special-21721554.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-08|title=वीर गाथा: महायोद्धा बंदा बैरागी|url=https://www.jansatta.com/national/mahayodha-and-king-banda-bairagi-were-not-given-a-suitable-place-in-history-his-journey-was-very-struggling/1431237/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Mahant Raja Sarveshwar Das]]<ref name="rajnandgaon.nic.in"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=छत्तीसगढ़ की किस रियासत ने 75 साल पहले तैयार की हॉकी की नर्सरी, पढि़ए पूरी खबर|url=https://www.patrika.com/bhilai-news/who-was-the-hockey-fan-of-mahant-raja-sarveshwar-das-read-news-1-2117336/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sahu|first=Kishore|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnCLDwAAQBAJ|title=Meri Aatmakatha|date=2019-02-01|publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan|isbn=978-81-267-3023-0|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rituparna Kishoredas|Shrimant Mahant Rituparna Kishore Das]] (Last Ruler of [[Chhuikhadan State]])<ref>{{Cite web|last=ashish|date=2020-02-07|title=छुईखदान रियासत की राजमाता विजय लक्ष्मीदेवी नहीं रहीं, राजा महंत ऋतुपर्ण किशोर दास की धर्मपत्नी थीं|url=https://theruralpress.in/vijay-laxmidevi-the-royalty-of-the-princely-state-was-no-more-king-mahant-was-the-wife-of-rituparna-kishore-das/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Rural Press|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-24|title=छुईखदान में मिट्टी के रावण का होता है वध रियासतकाल से चली आ रही परंपरा|url=https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/rajnandgaon-chhattisgarh-rajnandgaon-news-6526859|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Nai Dunia|language=hi}}</ref>

===Politics===
* [[Nityanand Swami (politician)|Nityanand Swami]] (First Chief Minister of [[Uttrakhand]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-27|title=नित्यानंद स्वामी: उत्तराखंड के पहले सीएम जिनका जन्म हरियाणा में हुआ, लेकिन बन गए 'प्राइड ऑफ दून'|url=https://hindi.firstpost.com/politics/nityanand-swami-uttarakhand-first-chief-minister-who-born-in-haryana-and-become-pride-of-the-doon-ps-177853.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Firstpost Hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nityanand Swami - Uttarakhand First Chief Minister {{!}} नित्यानंद स्वामी - उत्तराखंड के प्रथम मुख्यमंत्री|url=http://gyankosh.php/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=gyankosh.php|language=en}}</ref>
* [[I. D. Swami]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=480&lastls=13|access-date=2021-06-14|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=वाजपेयी सरकार में राज्यमंत्री रहे ईश्वर दयाल स्वामी का 90 साल की आयु में निधन|url=https://www.patrika.com/miscellenous-india/ishwar-dayal-swami-minister-of-state-in-vajpayee-government-died-at-90-5510029/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Patrika News|language=hindi}}</ref>
* [[Ashwini Vaishnaw|Ashwini Vaishnav]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2019-06-28|title=Odisha: Amar Patnaik, Sasmit Patra and Ashwini Baishnab elected to Rajya Sabha|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/odisha-amar-patnaik-sasmit-patra-and-ashwini-baishnab-elected-to-rajya-sabha-119062801100_1.html|access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw {{!}} National Portal of India|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/shri-ashwini-vaishnaw|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.india.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-21|title=MP Ashwini Vaishnav nominated as Press Council of India member|url=https://pragativadi.com/mp-ashwini-vaishnav-nominated-as-press-council-of-india-member/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Pragativadi|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Ram Kishan Bairagi|Choudhary Ram Kishan Bairagi]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-19|title=अतीत के झरोखे से: जब 1996 में रणधीर रेढू, 1991 में रामकिशन बैरागी की कटी थी अंतिम क्षणों में टिकट|url=https://haryana.punjabkesari.in/haryana/news/when-randhir-redhu-ramkishan-bairagi-was-cut-in-the-last-minute-tickets-in-1991-1070594|access-date=2021-06-14|website=punjabkesari}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=जीत से भाजपा को जिले में मिली ऑक्सीजन|url=https://www.jagran.com/haryana/jind-with-the-victory-of-jind-bjp-gets-oxygen-in-the-entire-district-jind-haryana-18911885.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDtazHR4ls4C|title=Haryana Review|date=1981|publisher=Haryana Public Relations Department|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Rituparna Kishoredas|Mahant Rituparna Kishore Das]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sabha|first=India Parliament Rajya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hx43AAAAIAAJ|title=Parliamentary Debates|date=1964|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-27|title=जनसत्ता धर्म दीक्षा: राजा भी रहे हैं बैरागी साधु|url=https://www.jansatta.com/religion/nandgaon-and-chhuikhadan-bairagi-sadhus-also-ruled-the-princely-state-like-kings/1389175/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Jansatta|language=hi}}</ref>
*[[Balkavi Bairagi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2978.htm|access-date=2021-06-14|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=चाहे सभी सुमन बिक जाएं... पर अपनी गंध नहीं बेचूंगा -बालकवि बैरागी|url=https://www.amarujala.com/kavya/kavya-charcha/balkavi-bairagi-here-with-their-top-poems-in-kavya|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Amar Ujala}}</ref>

===Revolutionaries (freedom fighters)===
* [[Ram Prasad Bairagi|Pandit Ram Prasad Bairagi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=बैरागी की जगह लगेगी बोस की प्रतिमा|url=https://www.divyahimachal.com/2017/12/बैरागी-की-जगह-लगेगी-बोस-की/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Divya Himachal|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=कसौली से भड़की थी 1857 के विद्रोह की चिंगारी|url=https://m.jagran.com/himachal-pradesh/solan-15886085.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=m.jagran.com|language=hi}}</ref>
* [[Sadhu Sitaram Das]]<ref>Kanhaiyalal Sharma. [https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Caste_Class_and_Social_Movements/7d_ZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Sadhu%20Sitaram%20Das%20Caste Caste, Class, and Social Movements], Rawat Publications, (1986) p.124, {{ISBN|9788170330301}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=वैष्णव बैरागी समाज की मीटिंग में समाज की समस्या और मुद्दों पर चर्चा हुई|url=https://bhilwarasamachar.in/वैष्णव-बैरागी-समाज-की-मीटिंग-में-समाज-की-समस्या-और-मुद्दों-पर-चर्चा-हुई-11572|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Bhilwara Samachar|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mahant Nritya Gopal Das]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who is Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, head of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/11/06/who-is-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-head-of-ram-janmabhoomi-nyas.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=जानें कौन हैं श्री रामजन्मभूमि न्यास के अध्यक्ष महंत नृत्य गोपालदास|url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/read-about-chief-of-ram-temple-trust-mahant-nritya-gopal-das|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>
*[[Ramchandra Das Paramhans|Mahant Ramchandra Das]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-05|title=Mahant Paramhans Ramchandra Das: The Seer Who Guided the Ram Temple Journey for Decades|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/mahant-paramhans-ramchandra-das-remembering-the-seer-who-guided-the-ram-temple-journey-for-decades-2759233.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=कौन हैं महंत परमहंस रामचंद्र दास, दिगंबर अखाड़ा में क्यों गूंज रहा संगीतमय भजन|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/uttar-pradesh/state/ayodhya/mahant-paramhans-ramchandra-das-is-singing-bhajan-in-digambar-akhada-in-ayodhya/up20201123092709448|access-date=2021-06-14|website=ETV Bharat News|language=en}}</ref>
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===Landlords===
* [[Ch.Haridas Siag Bairagi]]
===Poet and writer===
* [[Balkavi Bairagi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=नहीं रहे प्रसिद्ध साहित्यकार बालकवि बैरागी, 87 की उम्र में हुआ निधन|url=https://www.aajtak.in/literature/story/hindi-poet-balkavi-bairagi-passes-away-tedu-547088-2018-05-13|access-date=2021-06-14|website=आज तक|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-14|title=स्मृति शेष बालकवि बैरागी : 'चाहे सौ फागुन बिक जाएं, पर मैं गंध नहीं बेचूंगा'|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/sweet-memories-of-a-parliamentarian-and-hindi-poest-balkavi-bairagi/400511|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Zee News Hindi|language=hi}}</ref>

===Others===
* [[G. R. Vaishnav]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-10|title=V for victory and Vaishnav|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140110/sports-other-sports/article/v-victory-and-vaishnav|access-date=2021-06-14|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-01-19|title=Lusofonia Games: Indian men defeat Mozambique in volleyball|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/lusofonia-games-indian-men-defeat-mozambique-in-volleyball-662949.html|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Prachi Vaishnav]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suthar|first=Author: Manisha|date=2021-01-22|title=Prachi Vaishnav bags film Rocket Gang|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/movies/news-movies/prachi-vaishnav-bags-film-rocket-gang/2021/01/22|access-date=2021-06-14|website=IWMBuzz|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Suthar|first=Author: Manisha|date=2021-01-04|title=Ankur Nayyar, Neetha Shetty, Prachi Vaishnav and Jitendra Trehan in Savdhaan India|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/ankur-nayyar-neetha-shetty-prachi-vaishnav-jitendra-trehan-savdhaan-india/2021/01/04|access-date=2021-06-14|website=IWMBuzz|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Minoti Vaishnav]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minoti Vaishnav|url=http://openbeast.com/5143|access-date=2021-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://www.minotimusic.com/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=minoti-vaishnav|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Arul Swami]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olympedia – Arul Swami|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71451|access-date=2021-06-14|website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-18|title=Arul Swami Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/arul-swami-1.html|access-date=2021-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sw/arul-swami-1.html|archive-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

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