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This group grew and became particularly prominent during the Islamic invasions and Hindu-Muslim wars in South Asia, from about the 14th to 18th century, although the Dattatreya roots of the peaceful Nath yogis go back to about the 10th century. The group was most active in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.
Ganapathi Sachchidananda, also known as Sri Swamiji, is a Hindu avadhuta and guru. He is a religious figure mainly in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as well as having a large number of followers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Sripada Sri Vallabha (Telugu: శ్రీపాద శ్రీవల్లభ) is an Indian guru of the Dattatreya sampradaya (lineage) who is an incarnation of Dattatreya. He is considered as one of the first complete avatars (incarnations) of the deity Dattatreya in Kali Yuga .
Guru Mandir Karanja-Birthplace Shri Narasimha Saraswati/ Narhari was a quiet child, only speaks Aum ( Om Hinduism sacred word) since their birth. This led his parents to worry about his speech ability; however, Narahari showed through hand gestures that after his upanayana or munji (sacred thread ceremony), he would be able to speak.
Shri Dattatreya Akhara (Hindi: श्री दत्तात्रेय अखाड़ा) or Datta Akhara is a Hindu Monastery, located in Ujjain on the very place where Lord Dattatreya taught his disciples in Treta Yuga. [citation needed] It is one of the fourteen members of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad. [1]
Rang Avadhoot, born Pandurang Vitthalapant Valame, (21 November 1898 – 19 November 1968) was a mystic saint-poet belonging to Datta-panth (Gurucharita tradition of Dattatreya) of Hinduism. He was a social worker and independence activist before accepting asceticism. He is credited with the expansion of Datta-panth in Gujarat state of India ...
Jayatirtha Dasa was born as James Edward Immel in Saipan, US Trust Territory of the Pacific.He was a business and philosophy major in college. [1] In 1969, James was initiated into the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whereupon he was given the name Jayatirtha Dasa.
There, he discovered his guru, Sivananda Saraswati, founder of the Divine Life Society, who ordained him into the sannyasa in 1949 and gave him the name Swami Satchidananda Saraswati. [5] The name Satcitananda ( Sanskrit : Saccidānanda ) is a compound of three Sanskrit words, sat , cit and ānanda , meaning essence, consciousness and bliss ...