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This is a list of religious people in Hinduism, including [[guru]]s, ''[[Sant (religion)|sant]]s'', [[monk]]s, [[yogi]]s and spiritual masters.

A guru is defined as a "teacher, spiritual guide, [or] [[Godman (India)|godman]],"<ref>{{Cite book|title=Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations|last=Smith|first=David|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=978-0-415-85881-6|location=New York, New York|pages=70}}</ref> by author David Smith. To obtain the title of guru, one must go through a standard initiation process referred to as ''[[diksha]]'', in which they receive a [[mantra]], or sacred [[Sanskrit]] phrase.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Religions in the Modern World: Traditions and Transformations|last=Smith|first=David|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|isbn=978-0-415-85881-6|location=New York, New York|pages=58}}</ref>

== The list ==
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=== A to C ===

* [[A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]<ref>{{Cite book| first = Satsvarupa| last =Dasa Goswami| author-link = Gurupada| title =Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol 1–2| publisher = [[Bhaktivedanta Book Trust]]| year = 2002 | pages = vol.1 1133 pages vol.2 1191 pages | isbn = 0-89213-357-0| no-pp = true}}</ref> (1{{nbsp}}September 1896{{snd}}14{{nbsp}}November 1977)

* [[Abhinavagupta]] (c. 950{{snd}}1020)
* [[Adi Shankara]] (8th c. CE)<ref name=Namboodiripad>{{cite journal | author = Namboodiripad, E.M.S. | year =1989 | title = Adi Sankara and His Philosophy: A Marxist View | jstor=3520108 | pages = 3–12 | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | journal = [[Social Scientist]] | doi = 10.2307/3520108}}</ref>
* [[Acharya Prashant]] (1978 {{snd}} Present)
* [[Advaita Acharya]] (1434–1539)
* [[Agastyar]] (3rd millennium BCE)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://murugan.org/bhaktas/agastyar.htm|title=Sri Agastiyar: The Ageless Guru of Gurus|website=murugan.org}}</ref>
* [[Akka Mahadevi]] (c.1130 – 1160), [[Kannada literature]]
* [[Akshobhya Tirtha]] ({{circa}} 1282- {{circa}} 1365), disciple of [[Madhvacharya]]
* [[Alvars|Alvar]] Saints (700–1000)
* [[Anandamayi Ma]] (30{{nbsp}}April 1896 – 27{{nbsp}}August 1982)
* [[Anasuya Devī]], also known as Jillellamudi Amma(28{{nbsp}}March 1923{{snd}}12{{nbsp}}June 1985)
* [[Andal]] (c.767), [[Tamil literature]]
* [[Anukulchandra Chakravarty]], also known as Sree Sree Thakur (1888–1969)
* [[Arunagirinathar]] (15th century A.D.)
* [[Asaram|Asaram Bapu]] (born 1941)
* [[Avvaiyar (Sangam poet)|Avvaiyar]] (c. 1st and 2nd century AD), [[Tamil literature]]
* [[Ayya Vaikundar]] (1809–1851)
* [[Atri]] (Vedic times)

* [[Baba Hari Dass]] (26{{nbsp}}March 1923{{snd}}25{{nbsp}}September 2018)
* [[Baba Mast Nath]] (born 1764)
* [[Bahinabai]] (1628–1700), [[Marathi literature]]
* Balakrishnaji (Third son of Shri [[Gusainji]])
* [[Bamakhepa]], or Bamakhyapa/ Bamdev Bhairav (1837{{snd}}1911)
* [[Basava]] (1105 CE–1167 CE)
* [[Bhadase Maraj|Bhadase Sagan Maraj]] (1920–1971), [[Indo-Trinidadian]] [[Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago|Hindu]] leader and politician, founded the [[Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha]]
* [[Bhagat Dhanna]] (born 1415)
* [[Bhagatji Maharaj]] (20{{nbsp}}March 1829{{snd}}7{{nbsp}}November 1897)
* [[Bhagawan Nityananda]]<ref name=White1974>{{cite journal | author = White, C.S.J. | year = 1974 | title = Swami Muktananda and the Enlightenment Through Sakti-pat | journal = [[History of Religions (journal)|History of Religions]] | volume = 13 | issue = 4 | pages = 306–322 | doi = 10.1086/462708 | jstor=1062089| s2cid = 162248231 }}</ref> (November or{{nbsp}}December 1897{{snd}}8{{nbsp}}August 1961)
* [[Bhakti Charu Swami]] (17{{nbsp}}September 1945 – 4 July 2020)
* [[Bhakti Tirtha Swami]]<ref name=Sherbow2004>{{cite journal | author = Sherbow, P.H. | year = 2004 | title = Ac Bhaktivedanta Swam Is Preaching in the Context of Gaudiya Vaishnavism | journal = The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant}}</ref> (25{{nbsp}}February 1950{{snd}}27{{nbsp}}June 2005)
* [[Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati]] (6 February 1874 – 1 January 1937)
* [[Bhaktivinoda Thakur]] (2{{nbsp}}September 1838 – 23{{nbsp}}June 1914)
* [[Bharathi Tirtha]] (born 11 April 1951, 36th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Sringeri Sharada Peetham)
* [[Bhaskararaya]] (c. 1690–1785)
* [[Bijoy Krishna Goswami]] (2{{nbsp}}August 1841{{snd}}1899)
* [[Brahma Chaitanya]], also known as Gondavalekar Maharaj (1845–22{{nbsp}}December 1913)
* [[Brahmanand Swami]] (1772–1832)
* [[Brahmananda Saraswati]]<ref>{{cite web|title=TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM Part One: Is TM a Religion?|url=https://truecosmic.com/transcendental-meditation-in-the-new-millennium/ |access-date=2008-07-02}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> (20{{nbsp}}December 1868{{snd}}20{{nbsp}}May 1953)

* [[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]<ref name=Rosen2004>{{cite journal | author = Rosen, S.J. | year = 2004 | title = Who Is Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu | journal = The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant}}</ref> (18{{nbsp}}February 1486{{snd}}14{{nbsp}}June 1534)
* [[Chandrashekarendra Saraswati]] (20{{nbsp}}May 1894{{snd}}8{{nbsp}}January 1994)
* [[Chandrashekhara Bharati III]] (1892–1954)
* [[Chattampi Swamikal]] (c. 1853–1924)
* [[Chaturbhuj Sahay]] (3{{nbsp}}November 1883{{snd}}24{{nbsp}}September 1957)
* [[Chinmayananda Saraswati]] (8{{nbsp}}May 1916{{snd}}3{{nbsp}}August 1993)
* [[Chokhamela]] (14th century)


=== D to F ===


* [[Dada Bhagwan]], founder of Akram Vignan (7{{nbsp}}Novembery 1908{{snd}}2{{nbsp}}January 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=About Gnani Purush (Enlightened Being) |url=https://www.dadabhagwan.org/spiritual-masters/pujya-dadashri/about-gnani-purush/ |website=/www.dadabhagwan.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519072646/https://www.dadabhagwan.org/spiritual-masters/pujya-dadashri/about-gnani-purush/ |archive-date=19 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Damodardev]] (c. 1488{{snd}}c. 1598)
* [[Dayananda Saraswati (Ärsha Vidya)]] (15{{nbsp}}August 1930{{snd}}24{{nbsp}}September 2015)
* [[Dayananda Saraswati]], founder of Arya Samaj (12{{nbsp}}February 1824{{snd}}30{{nbsp}}October 1883)
* [[Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas]] (1878–1994)
* [[Dhirendra Krishna Shastri]]
* [[Devraha Baba]]
* [[Dnyaneshwar]]<ref name=Abbas>{{cite journal | author = Abbas, K.A. | title = Sant Dnyaneshwar—His Miracles and Manushya Dharma | journal = Bombay Chronicle | pages = 33–35}}</ref> (1275–1296)
* [[Dvārkeshaji]] (Also known as “Bhaav Bhavna Wale Maharajshri)
* [[Drona]] (Mahabharat era)
* [[Eknath]] (1533–1599)
* [[Eknath Easwaran]] (1910–1999)


=== G to I ===


* [[Gagangiri Maharaj]] (1906{{snd}}4{{nbsp}}February 2008)
* [[Gajanan Maharaj]] (c. mid-19th century)
* [[Ganapati Muni]] (c. 1878–c.1936)
* [[Gambhirnath]] (death 1917)
* [[Garib Das]] (1717–1778)
* [[Gaurakisora Dasa Babaji]] (1838–1915)
* [[Girdharaji]] (1540-1621) (Owner of the First House in Pushtimarg and First son of Shri [[Gusainji]])
* [[Gnanananda Giri]]<ref name=devimathaji>{{cite book | author = Dr. T.M.P. MahaDevan |author2=M.P. Pandit | year = 1979 | title = Sadguru Gnanananda, His life, Personality and teaching | publisher = S.Ramakrishan / Sudarsan Graphics | pages = xxi / 308}}</ref> (c. early 19th century)
* [[Gokulanatha]] (1551-1641) (Author of Chaurasi and Dou Sau Bavan Vaishnavo Ki Varta)
* [[Gopala Dasa]] (1721-1769
* [[Gopala Bhatta Goswami]] (1503–1578)
* [[Gopalanand Swami]] (1781–1852)
* [[Gopi Krishna (yogi)]] (1903–1984)
* [[Gora Kumbhar]] (c. 1267–c.1317)
* [[Gorakhnath]] (c. 10th or 11th
century)
* [[Govīndarayaji]] (The Owner of Second House of Pushtimarg and Second son of Shri [[Gusainji]])
* [[Gulabrao Maharaj]] (6 July 1881 – 20 September 1915 )
* [[Gunatitanand Swami]] (17{{nbsp}}October 1785{{snd}}11{{nbsp}}October 1867)
* [[Guru Jambheshwar]] (1451–1536)
* [[Gurumayi Chidvilasananda]]<ref name=SY>{{cite web | url = http://www.siddhayoga.org | title = Siddha Yoga | access-date = 2009-07-14}}</ref> (born 24{{nbsp}}June 1955)


* [[Hans Ji Maharaj]] (8{{nbsp}}November 1900{{snd}}18{{nbsp}}July 1966)
* [[Haridasa Thakur]]<ref name=Dimock1963>{{cite journal| author = Dimock, E.C. Jr| year = 1963| title = Doctrine and Practice among the Vaisnavas of Bengal| journal = History of Religions| volume = 3| issue = 1|page=106| doi = 10.1086/462474| jstor=1062079| s2cid = 162027021}}</ref><ref name=O>{{cite journal| author = O'Connell, J.T.| year = 1973| title = The Word'Hindu'in Gaudiya Vaisnava Texts| journal = [[Journal of the American Oriental Society]]| volume = 93| issue = 3| pages = 340–344| doi = 10.2307/599467| jstor=599467}}</ref> (born 1451 or 1450)
* [[Hariharananda Giri]] (Paramahamsa Hariharananda) (27{{nbsp}}May 1907{{snd}}3{{nbsp}}December 2002)
* [[Hathiram Bhavaji]]
* [[Isaignaniyar]] (c. 7th century), [[Tamil literature]]


=== J to L ===


* [[Jagannatha Dasa (Odia poet)|Jagannatha Dasa]] (c. 1490-1550] Odia Vaishnav poet and devotee
* [[Jagannatha Dasa (Kannada poet)]]
* [[Jaggi Vasudev]] (born 3{{nbsp}}September 1957)
* [[Jalaram Bapa]] (4{{nbsp}}November 1799{{nbsp}} 23{{nbsp}}February 1881)
* [[Janabai]] (c. 13th century), [[Marathi literature]]
* [[Jayadeva]] (CE 1170), Indian Sanskrit poet and devotee
* [[Jayatirtha]] (1345–1388)
* [[Jiva Goswami]] (c. 1513–1598)


* [[Kabir]] (c. 15th century), Indian saint and mystic
* [[Kalki Bhagwan]] (born 1949)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/kalki-bhagavan-guru-started-as-lic-clerk-undisclosed-income-500-crore/309158/|title=Kalki Bhagavan, guru who started as LIC clerk & now has 'undisclosed income' of Rs 500 cr|first=Rohini|last=Swamy|date=22 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://msuweb.montclair.edu/~adarkara/d-kalki.html|title=Narayanan, "A 'White Paper' on Kalki Bhagavan"|website=msuweb.montclair.edu}}</ref>
* [[Kamlesh D. Patel]], also known as Daaji (born 28 September 1965)
* [[Kanakadasa]] (1509–1609)
* [[Kanhopatra]] (c. 15th century), [[Marathi literature]]
* [[Karaikkal Ammaiyar]] (c. 6th century), [[Tamil literature]]
* [[Khaptad Baba]]
* [[Khatkhate Baba]] (1859–1930)<ref>G.K. Gurtu, "Khatkhate Baba – The Savior of Etawah". [http://ikashmir.net/gkgurtu/doc/Khatkhate%20Baba.pdf Ikashmir.net]</ref>
* [[Kirpal Singh]] (c. 1894–1974) (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission)
* [[Kirupanandha Variyar]] (25{{nbsp}}August 1906{{snd}}7{{nbsp}}November 1993)
* [[Kripalu Maharaj]] (5{{nbsp}}October 1922{{snd}}15{{nbsp}}November 2013)
* [[Krishna Prem]] (1898–1965)
* [[Krishnadasa Kaviraja]] (born 1496)
* [[Krishnananda Saraswati]] (25{{nbsp}}April 1922{{snd}}23{{nbsp}}November 2001)

* [[Lahiri Mahasaya]] (Shyamacharan Lahiri)<ref name=Uban1978>{{cite book | author = Uban, S.S. | year = 1978 | title = The Gurus of India | publisher = Sterling }}</ref> (30{{nbsp}}September 1828{{snd}}26{{nbsp}}September 1895)
* [[Lakshman Joo]] (9{{nbsp}}May 1907{{snd}}27{{nbsp}}September 1991), modern scholar of [[Kashmiri Shaivism]]
* [[Lakshmanananda Saraswati]] (1926{{snd}}23{{nbsp}}August 2008)
* [[Lalleshwari]] (c.1320{{snd}}1392), [[Kashmiri literature]]


=== M to O ===


* [[Madhavdev]] (c. 1489{{snd}}c. 1596)
* [[Madhvacharya]]<ref name=Sarma2007>{{cite book | author = Sarma, D. | year = 2007 | title = Madhva Vedanta and Krishna | series = Krishna: A Sourcebook | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0z02cZe8PU8C&q=Madhvacharya%5D&pg=PA357 | access-date = 2008-07-02 | isbn = 978-0-19-514892-3}}</ref> (c. 1238{{snd}}1317)
* [[Mahant Swami Maharaj]] (born 13{{nbsp}}September 1933)
* [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]]<ref name=someone>{{cite web | title = Journal of Religious Culture | url = http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/volltexte/2007/4892/pdf/relkultur06.pdf |access-date = 2008-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218070134/http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/opus4/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/560/file/relkultur06.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2021}}</ref> (12{{nbsp}}January 1918{{snd}}5{{nbsp}}February 2008)
* [[Mahavatar Babaji]]<ref name=Key2004>{{cite book | author = Key, P.S. | year = 2004 | title = The Journey to Radiant Health | publisher = [[Celestial Arts]] }}</ref> (mid-19th{{snd}}mid-20th century)
* [[Mangayarkkarasiyar]] (c. 7th century), [[Tamil literature]]
* [[Manik Prabhu]]
* [[Master C. V. V.]] (4{{nbsp}}August 1868 – 12{{nbsp}}May 1922)
* [[Mata Amritanandamayi]]<ref name=Warrier2003>{{cite journal | author = Warrier, M. | year = 2003 | title = Processes of Secularization in Contemporary India: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission | journal = [[Modern Asian Studies]] | volume = 37 | issue = 1 | pages = 213–253 | doi = 10.1017/S0026749X03001070| s2cid = 145492491 }}</ref> (born 27{{nbsp}}September 1953)
* [[Matsyendranath]] (c. 10th century)
* [[Meera]] (c. 1498{{snd}}c. 1547), [[Hindi literature]]
* [[Meher Baba]] (25{{nbsp}}February 1894{{snd}}31{{nbsp}}January 1969)
* [[Mehi]] (28{{nbsp}}April 1885{{snd}}8{{nbsp}}June 1986)
* [[Mirra Alfassa]] (21{{nbsp}}February 1878{{snd}}17{{nbsp}}November 1973)
* [[Morari Bapu]] (born 25{{nbsp}}September 1946)
* [[Mother Meera]]<ref name=Ross1997>{{cite journal | author = Ross, C. | year = 1997 | title = Experiencing Mother Meera | journal = [[Canadian Woman Studies]] | volume = 17 | pages = 78–82 | url = https://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/cws/article/view/8918/8095 | access-date = 2008-07-02}}</ref> (born 26{{nbsp}}December 1960)
* [[Muktabai]] (c.1279{{snd}}1297), [[Marathi literature]]
* [[Muktanand Swami]] (1758–1830)
* [[Muktananda]]<ref name=SY /> (16{{nbsp}}May 1908{{snd}}2{{nbsp}}October 1982)
* [[Murugan Chillayah]] (born 22{{nbsp}}November 1978)
* [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]] (24{{nbsp}}March 1776{{snd}}21{{nbsp}}October 1835)

* [[Namdev]] (c. 1270{{snd}}c. 1350)
* [[Narahari Tirtha]]
* [[Narasimha Saraswati]](1378–1459)
* [[Narayan Maharaj]]<ref name=Bhide1933>{{cite journal | author = Bhide, R.G. | year = 1933 | title = Shri Narayan Maharaj | journal = Marathi, Published by DL Lele, Wai}}</ref> (20{{nbsp}}May 1885{{snd}}3{{nbsp}}September 1945)
* [[Narayana Guru]], writer of [[Daiva Dasakam]]<ref name=Thomas1965>{{cite book | author = Thomas, D. | year = 1965 | title = Sree Narayana Guru | publisher = Bangalore: The Christian Institute for the Religion and Society }}</ref> (c. 1854{{snd}}1928)
* [[Narayanprasaddasji Swami]] (14{{nbsp}}January 1921{{snd}}30{{nbsp}}January 2018), also known as Tapomurti Shastri Swami (Gujarati: તપોમૂર્તિ શાસ્ત્રી સ્વામી)
* [[Narottama Dasa]] (born 1466)
* [[Narsinh Mehta]] (1414–1481), also known as Narsi Mehta or Narsi Bhagat
* [[Nayakanahatti Thipperudra Swamy]] (c. 15th–c. 16th century), also known as Nayakanahatti Thippeswamy
* [[Nayanmars]] Saints (700–1000)
* [[Neem Karoli Baba]]<ref name=Dass1979>{{cite book | author = Dass, Ram | author-link = Ram Dass | year = 1979 | title = Miracle of love: stories about Neem Karoli Baba | url = https://archive.org/details/miracleoflovesto00ramd| url-access = registration| publisher = New York: [[E. P. Dutton]] | isbn = 9780525476115 }}</ref> (c. late 19th or early 20th century{{snd}} 11{{nbsp}}September 1973)
* [[Nigamananda Paramahansa]]<ref name="Prajnanananda2006">{{cite book|author=Paramahamsa Prajnanananda|title=My Time with the Master|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9hrnJd9cRMcC&pg=PA25|access-date=18 March 2011|date=15 August 2006|publisher=Sai Towers Publishing|isbn=978-81-7899-055-2|pages=25–}}</ref> (18{{nbsp}}August 1880 – 29{{nbsp}}November 1935)
* [[Nimbarka]]<ref name=Khurana1990>{{cite book | author = Khurana, G.R. | year = 1990 | title = The theology of Nimbārka : a translation of Nimbārka's Daśaślokī with Giridhara Prapanna's Laghumañjūsā | publisher = Vantage | isbn =978-0-533-08705-1}}</ref> (c. 7th century or earlier)
* [[Niranjanananda]] (c. 1862{{snd}}9{{nbsp}}May 1904)
* [[Nirmala Srivastava]], also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (21{{nbsp}}March 1923{{snd}}23{{nbsp}}February 2011)
* [[Nisargadatta Maharaj]]<ref name=Maharaj1987>{{cite book | author = Maharaj, N. |author2=Powell, R. | year = 1987 | title = The Nectar of the Lord's Feet: Final Teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj: Discourses January–November 1980 | publisher = [[Element Books]] }}</ref>(17{{nbsp}}April 1897{{snd}}8{{nbsp}}September 1981)
* [[Nishkulanand Swami]] (1766–1848)
* [[Nischalananda Saraswati]] (born {{nbsp}}30 June 1943 145th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Govardhan Math)
* [[Nityananda|Nityananda Prabhu]] (born 1474)

* [[Om Swami]] (born 1979)


=== P to R ===


* [[Padmanabha Tirtha]]
* [[Panth Maharaj]] (3 September 1855 – 16 October 1905)
* [[Paramahansa Yogananda]]<ref name=Yogananda2005>{{cite book | author = Yogananda, P. | year = 2005 | title = Autobiography of a Yogi | publisher = Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. }}</ref> (5{{nbsp}}January 1893{{snd}}7{{nbsp}}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{{snd}}1898)
* [[Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami]] (c. 17th century)
* [[Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar]], also known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (21{{nbsp}}May 1921{{snd}}21{{nbsp}}October 1990)
* [[Pramukh Swami Maharaj]]<ref>"Spiritual Leader of Bochansanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha...", ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', 18{{nbsp}}July 2012, available at https://calgaryherald.com/life/story.html?id=6952731{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=Kalarthi>{{cite journal | author = Kalarthi, S.M. | title = Idol of Inspiration—Pramukh Swami Maharaj | journal = Ahmedabad: Swaminarayan Aksharpith}}</ref> (born 7{{nbsp}}December 1921 – 13{{nbsp}}August 2016)
* [[Pranavananda]], also known as Yugacharya Srimat Swami Pranavananda Ji Maharaj (29{{nbsp}}January 1896{{snd}}8{{nbsp}}February 1941)
* [[Pranavanda Saraswati]] (28{{nbsp}}August 1908{{snd}}28{{nbsp}}August 1982)
* [[Prem Rawat]], also known as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (born 10{{nbsp}}December 1957)
* [[Premanand Ji Maharaj]], Radhavallabh Sampradaya, Vrindavan (born 30{{nbsp}}March 1969)
* [[Purandara Dasa]] (c. 1484 – c. 1565)
* [[Puran Puri]] (born 1742)

* [[Rambhadracharya]] (born 14{{nbsp}}January 1950)
* [[Ramdas Kathiababa]] (early 24{{nbsp}}July 1800 – 8{{nbsp}}February 1909)
* [[Ramdev Pir]] (1352–1385 AD)
* [[Radhanath Swami]] (born 7{{nbsp}}December 1950)
* [[Raghavendra Swami]]<ref name=Narayanan2006>{{cite journal | author = Narayanan, V. | year = 2006 | title = Religious Vows at the Shrine of Shahul Hamid | journal = Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=h80yOTwlAUcC&q=%22Raghavendra+Swami%22&pg=PA65 | access-date = 2008-07-02 | isbn = 978-0-7914-6707-7}}</ref> (1595{{snd}}1671)
* [[Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami]] (1505–1579)
* [[Rajinder Singh (spiritual master)]] (20 September 1946) (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) (Founder of Science of Spirituality)
* [[Rakeshprasad]]<ref name="ToI">{{cite news|title=Vadtal, the delinquent in Swaminarayan family |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Vadtal-the-delinquent-in-Swaminarayan-family/articleshow/37796601.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023194706/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-02-17/ahmedabad/27275061_1_vadtal-nautam-swami-swaminarayan-sect|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-10-23|date= 2003-02-17|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2009-04-13}}</ref> (born 23{{nbsp}}July 1966)
* [[Rakesh Jhaveri]] (born 26{{nbsp}}Sep 1966)
* [[Raghuttama Tirtha]] (1537{{snd}}1596)
* [[Ram Chandra (Babuji)]] (30{{nbsp}}April 1899 – 19{{nbsp}}April 1983)
* [[Ram Thakur]] (2{{nbsp}}February 1860{{snd}}1{{nbsp}}May 1949)
* [[Rama Tirtha]] (22{{nbsp}}October 1873{{snd}}27{{nbsp}}October 1906)
* [[Ramakrishna]]<ref name=Kripal1998>{{cite journal | author = Kripal, J.J. | year = 1998 | title = Mystical Homoeroticism, Reductionism, and the Reality of Censorship: A Response to Gerald James Larson | journal = [[Journal of the American Academy of Religion]] | volume = 66 | issue = 3 | pages = 627–635 | jstor=1466137 | doi=10.1093/jaarel/66.3.627}}</ref> (18{{nbsp}}February 1836{{snd}}16{{nbsp}}August 1886)
* [[Ramalinga Swamigal]] (5 October 1823, disappeared on 30 January 1874), also known as Vallalar
* [[Ramana Maharshi]]<ref name=Osis1970>{{cite journal | author = Osis, K. | year = 1970 | title = Informal methods of research in psychic phenomena for religious believers | journal = [[Psychology of religion#Pastoral psychology|Pastoral Psychology]] | volume = 21 | issue = 7 | pages = 35–40 | doi = 10.1007/BF01797827| s2cid = 143283370 }}</ref> (30{{nbsp}}December 1879{{snd}}14{{nbsp}}April 1950)
* [[Ramanuja]] (c. 1077{{snd}}c. 1157)
* [[Ramprasad Sen]] (c. 1718 or c. 1723{{snd}}c. 1775)
* [[Ravidas]] (1398–1540)
* [[Rupa Goswami]] (1489–1564)


=== S to U ===


* [[Siyaram Baba]](1914 – 11 December 2024)
* [[Rampal (Spritual Leader)|Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj]] (1951–present)
* [[Sahadeo Tiwari]] (1892–1972)
* [[Sai Baba of Shirdi]] (1838–1918)
* [[Samarth Ramdas]] (1608–1681)
* [[Samyamindra Thirtha]]
* [[Sanatana Goswami]] (1488–1558)
* [[Sankardev]] (c. 1449{{snd}}c. 1568)
* [[Sant Charandas]] (1703–1782)
* [[Sant Nirmala]] (c. 14th century), [[Marathi literature]]
* [[Sant Soyarabai]] (c. 14th century), [[Marathi literature]]
* [[Sarada Devi]] (22 December 1853 – 20 July 1920)
* [[Satchidananda Saraswati]] (22{{nbsp}}December 1914{{snd}}19{{nbsp}}August 2002)
* [[Sathya Sai Baba]] (23{{nbsp}}November 1926{{snd}}24{{nbsp}}April 2011)
* [[Satnarayan Maharaj]] (born 1931), [[Indo-Trinidadian]] [[Hinduism in Trinidad and Tobago|Hindu]] leader and son-in-law of [[Bhadase Maraj|Bhadase Sagan Maraj]]
* [[Satsvarupa dasa Goswami]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Rochford, E. Burke |title=Hare Krishna transformed |url=https://archive.org/details/harekrishnatrans00roch |url-access=limited |publisher=[[New York University Press]] |location=New York |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8147-7579-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/harekrishnatrans00roch/page/n234 224]}}</ref> (born 6{{nbsp}}December 1939)
* [[Satyadhyana Tirtha]] A great mystic
* [[Satyasandha Tirtha]] Dvaita philosopher
* [[Satyanatha Tirtha]]
* [[Satyavrata Tirtha]]
* [[Satyapriya Tirtha]]
* [[Satyanidhi Tirtha]]
* [[Satyasandha Tirtha]]
* [[Satyadharma Tirtha]]
* [[Satya Narayan Goenka]] (30{{nbsp}}January 1924{{snd}}29{{nbsp}}September 2013)
* [[Satyananda Saraswati]] (25{{nbsp}}December 1923{{snd}}5{{nbsp}}December 2009)
* [[Satyapramoda Tirtha]] (1918–1997)
* [[Satyatma Tirtha]] (born 1973)
* [[Shaunaka]]
* [[Seshadri Swamigal]] (22{{nbsp}}January 1870{{snd}}4{{nbsp}}January 1929)
* [[Shastriji Maharaj]] (31{{nbsp}}January 1865{{snd}}10{{nbsp}}May 1951)
* [[Shivabalayogi]] (24{{nbsp}}January 1935{{snd}}28{{nbsp}}March 1994)
* [[Shreedhar Swami]] (7{{nbsp}}December 1908{{snd}}19{{nbsp}}April 1973)
* [[Shrimad Rajchandra]] (11{{nbsp}}November 1867{{snd}}9{{nbsp}}April 1901)
* [[Shripad Shri Vallabha]]
* [[Shriram Sharma Acharya]] (20{{nbsp}}September 1911{{snd}}2{{nbsp}}June 1990)
* [[Shrivatsa Goswami]] (27{{nbsp}}October 1950{{snd}}present
* [[Shyama Shastri]] (26{{nbsp}}April 1762{{snd}}6{{nbsp}}February 1982)
* [[Sitaramdas Omkarnath]] (17{{nbsp}}February 1892{{snd}}6{{nbsp}}December 1827)
* [[Sivananda Saraswati]] (8{{nbsp}}September 1887{{snd}}14{{nbsp}}July 1963)
* [[Sivaya Subramuniyaswami]]<ref name=Feuerstein2002>{{cite book | author = Feuerstein, G. | author-link = Georg Feuerstein | year = 2002 | title = The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice | publisher = [[Motilal Banarsidass]] }}</ref> (5{{nbsp}}January 1927{{snd}}12{{nbsp}}November 2001)
* [[Soham Swami]] (birth unknown{{snd}}1918)
* [[Sopan]] (c. 13th century)
* [[Sri Aurobindo]] (15{{nbsp}}August 1872{{snd}}5{{nbsp}}December 1950)
* [[Sripadaraja]] (c. 1422 – 1480)
* [[Sri Chinmoy]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/nyregion/13chinmoy.html?_r=0 |title= Athletic Spiritual Leader, Dies at 76|date=1997-10-13|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2013-04-01}}</ref> (27{{nbsp}}August 1931{{snd}}11{{nbsp}}October 2007)
* [[Sri Madhukarnath]] (born 06{{nbsp}}November 1948)
* [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]] (born 1956)
* [[Sudhanshu Ji Maharaj]] (born May 1955)
* [[Surdas]] (c. late 15th-century)
* [[Swami Abhedananda]] (2{{nbsp}}October 1866{{snd}}8{{nbsp}}September 1939)
* [[ Swami Avdheshanand Giri]]
* [[Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha]] (born 13{{nbsp}}May 1933)
* [[Swami Chidbhavananda]] (11{{nbsp}}March 1898{{snd}}16{{nbsp}}November 1985)
* [[Swami Janakananda]] (born 13{{nbsp}}June 1939)
* [[Swami Keshwanand Satyarthi]] (born 5 September 1943) (Paramhans Satyarthi Mission, [[Advait Mat]] )
* [[Swami Nithyananda]] (born 1{{nbsp}}January 1978 or 13{{nbsp}}March 1977)
* [[Swami Prakashanand Saraswati]] (born 15 January 1929 – )
* [[Swami Purnachaitanya]] (born 1984)
* [[Swami Sharnanandji]] (birth unknown - 1974)
* [[Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri]] (1855–1936)
* [[Swami Rama]] (1925–1996)
* [[Swami Ramanand]] (c. 1738{{snd}}c. 1802)
* [[Swami Ramdas]] (10{{nbsp}}April 1884{{snd}}25{{nbsp}}July 1963)
* [[Swami Samarth]]
* [[Swami Vivekananda]] (12{{nbsp}}January 1863{{snd}}4{{nbsp}}July 1902)
* [[Swaminarayan]] (3{{nbsp}}April 1781{{snd}}1{{nbsp}}June 1830)
* [[Swarupanand]] (1{{nbsp}}February 1884{{snd}}9{{nbsp}}April 1936), part of Advait Mat lineage
* [[Swarupananda]] (8{{nbsp}}July 1871{{snd}}27{{nbsp}}June 1906)

* [[Trailanga]] (1607{{snd}}1887)
* [[Tukaram]] (c. 1608{{snd}}1649)
* [[Tulsidas]] (1532{{snd}}1623), also known as Goswami Tulsidas
* [[Tyagaraja]] (4{{nbsp}}May 1767{{snd}}6{{nbsp}}January 1847)

* [[Upasni Maharaj]] (15{{nbsp}}May 1870{{snd}}24{{nbsp}}December 1941)
* [[Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti]] (9{{nbsp}}July 1918{{snd}} 22{{nbsp}}March 2007)
* [[Utpaladeva]] (ca. 900–950), teacher of [[Kashmiri Shaivism]]


=== V to X ===


* [[Vadiraja Tirtha]] (1480–1600)
* [[Vallabha]]<ref name=Barz1992>{{cite book | author = Barz, R. | year = 1992 | title = The Bhakti sect of Vallabhacarya | publisher = [[Munshiram Manoharlal]] |location= New Delhi}}</ref> (1479{{snd}}1531)
* [[Valmiki]] ([[Ramayana]])
* [[Vasistha]] ([[Rig Veda]])
* [[Vasugupta]] (~ 800–850 CE), author of the [[Shiva Sutras]] in [[Kashmiri Shaivism]]
* [[Vedanta Desika]], Sri Vaishnava Philosopher and Guru (c. 1268{{snd}}c. 1369)
* [[Vethathiri Maharishi]] (1911 - 2006) Indian yoga guru, philosopher and spiritual leader
* [[Shrimad Vidyadheesh Teerth Swamiji|Vidyadheesh Teertha Swamiji]]
* [[Vidyaranya]] (c. 1268{{snd}}c. 1386)
* [[Vijaya Dasa|Vijayadasaru]] (1682-1755)
* [[Vijayindra Tirtha]] ( The guru of guru of Raghavendra Swami)
* [[Vishwananda]]<ref name=Vishwananda1008>{{cite book| author = Vishwananda, P. | year = 2021| title = Just Love: A Journey into the Heart of God | publisher = Bhakti Event GmbH }}</ref> (13 June 1980)
* [[Vishwesha Tirtha]] (1931{{snd}}2019)
* [[Vyasatirtha]] (c. 1460{{snd}}1539)


=== Y to Z ===


* [[Yogaswami]] (1872{{snd}}March 1964)
* [[Yogi Ramsuratkumar]] (1{{nbsp}}December 1918{{snd}}20{{nbsp}}February 2001)
* [[Yogiji Maharaj]] (23{{nbsp}}May 1892{{snd}}23{{nbsp}}January 1971)
* [[Yukteswar Giri]] (10{{nbsp}}May 1855{{snd}}9{{nbsp}}March 1936)


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== See also ==
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* [[Dalit saints of Hinduism]]
* [[List of Hindus]]
* [[Mahacharya]] — honorific title used for distinguished teachers in Hindu traditions.
* [[List of founders of religious traditions]]
* [[Modern yoga gurus]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Hinduism-related lists]]

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