List of Hindu gurus and saints
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These are some of the most noteworthy Gurus and Saints of Hinduism (in alphabetical order):
- A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (male)[1]
- Acharya Koshalendraprasad Pande (Male)[2]
- Acharya Rakeshprasad Pande (Male) [3]
- Adi Shankara (male)[4]
- Akhandanand (male)[5]
- Amrit Desai (male)[6]
- Anandmurti Gurumaa (Female)[7]
- Baba Lokenath Brahmachari (male)[8]
- Bhagawan Nityananda (male)[9]
- Bhakti Tirtha Swami (male)[10]
- Bhakti Caru Swami (male)[11]
- Brahmananda Saraswati (male)[12]
- Brahma Sree Narayana Guru (male)[13]
- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (male)[14]
- Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (male)(Paramacharya)
- Chidvilasananda (female)[15]
- Devamrita Swami (male)[16]
- Gour Govinda Swami (male) late Hare Krishna guru of Oriyan origin, disciple of A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
- Gopal Krishna Goswami (male)[17]}
- Haridas Thakur (male)[18][19]
- Hridayananda dasa Goswami (male)[20]
- Jayadvaita Swami (male)[20]
- Jayapataka Swami (male)[21]
- Lahiri Mahasaya (male)[22]
- Madhvacharya (male)[23]
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (male)[24]
- Mahavatar Babaji (male)[25]
- Mata Amritanandamayi (female)[26]
- Mother Meera (female)[27]
- Muktananda (male)[9]
- Narayan Maharaj (male)[28]
- Neeb Karori Baba (male)[29]
- Nimbarka (male)[30]
- Nisargadatta Maharaj (male)[31]
- Paramahansa Yogananda (male)[32]
- Pramukh Swami Maharaj (male)[33]
- Radhanath Swami (male)[citation needed]
- Raghavendra Swami (male)[34]
- Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) (male)[35]
- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (male)[36]
- Ramana Maharshi (male)[37]
- Ramanuja (male)
- Rudi (Swami Rudrananda) (male)[38]
- Sahjanand Swami (male)[39]
- Sai Baba of Shirdi (male)[24]
- Sant Dnyaneshwar (male)[40]
- Sant Keshavadas (male)[41]
- Sant Sri Asaramji Bapu (male)[citation needed]
- Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami (male)[citation needed]
- Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (male)[42]
- Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (male)[43]
- Satya Sai Baba (male)
- Shankaracharya (male)
- Shree Maa (female
- Shri Madhavnath Maharaj (male)
- Shriram Sharma Acharya (male)
- Sree Narayana Guru (male)
- Sri Anandamoyi Ma (female)
- Sri Aurobindo (male)
- Sri Chinmoy (male)[citation needed]
- Sri Sarada Devi (female)
- Sri Yukteswar Giri (male)
- Swami Chinmayananda (male)
- Swami Dayananda Saraswati (male)
- Swami Janakananda (male)
- Swami Lakshamanananda (male)
- Swami Niranjanananda (male)
- Swami Rama Tirtha (male)
- Swami Rama (male)[citation needed]
- Swami Ramdas
- Swami Satyananda (male)
- Swami Shyam (male)
- Swami Sivananda (male)
- Swami Vivekananda (male)
- Tamala Krishna Goswami (male)
- Tibbetibaba (male)
- Tukaram (male)
- Upasni Maharaj (male)
- Vallabhacarya (male)[44]
- Yogaswami (male)
- Yogi Ramsuratkumar(Male)
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