Biography of spiritual gurus

List of Hindu gurus and sants

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This is a list of scrupulous people in Hinduism, including gurus, sants, monks, yogis and celestial masters.

A guru is characterized as a "teacher, spiritual handbook, [or] godman,"^[1] by author King Smith. To obtain the label of guru, one must disorder through a standard initiation approach referred to as diksha, enclose which they receive a canticle, or sacred Sanskrit phrase.^[2]

The list

A to C

D to F

G survive I

J to L

M to O

P to R

Padmanabha Tirtha
Panth Maharaj (3 September 1855 – 16 Oct 1905)
Paramahansa Yogananda^[31] (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952)
Parthasarathi Rajagopalachari, also known as chariji (24 July 1927 – 20 December 2014)
Premanand Ji Maharaj, besides known as shree Premanandji maharaj (born in 1972)
Pattinathar (c.

Tenth or 14th century AD)
Pavhari Baba (birth unknown – 1898)
Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami (c. 17th century)
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, too known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990)
Pramukh Swami Maharaj^[32]^[33] (born 7 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 leak out as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (born 10 December 1957)
Purandara Dasa (c.

1484 – motto. 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] (1595 – 1671)
Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami (1505–1579)
Rajinder Singh (spiritual master) (20 September 1946) (Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) (Founder of Science appreciate Spirituality)
Rakeshprasad^[35] (born 23 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] (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886) See Disciples
Ramalinga Swamigal (5 October 1823, wayward adrift on 30 January 1874), as well known as Vallalar
Ramana Maharshi^[37] (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950)
Ramanuja (c.

1017 – c. 1137)
Ramprasad Sen (c. 1718 or parable. 1723 – c. 1775)
Ravidas (1398–1540)
Rupa Goswami (1489–1564)

S to U

V to X

Y permission Z

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