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Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (or Gurumayi or Swami Chidvilasananda), born Malti Shetty on 24 June 1955, is the guru or spiritual head of the Siddha Yoga path, with ashrams in India at Ganeshpuri and the Western world, with the headquarters of the SYDA foundation in Fallsburg, New York.
Prem Rawat, also known as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (born 10 December 1957) Purandara Dasa (c. 1484 – c. 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 ...
Gargi Vachaknavi (Sans: गार्गी वाचक्नवी (); Gārgī Vāchaknavī ()) was an ancient Indian sage and philosopher.In Vedic literature, she is honoured as a great natural philosopher, [1] [2] renowned expounder of the Vedas, [3] and known as Brahmavadini, a person with knowledge of Brahma Vidya. [4]
Sri Mātā Amritānandamayī Devi (born Sudhamani Idamannel; 27 September 1953), often known as Amma ("Mother"), is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, guru and humanitarian, [1] [2] who is revered as 'the hugging saint' by her followers. [3] She is the chancellor of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a multi-campus research university. [4]
Sadhu (Sanskrit: साधु, IAST: sādhu (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. [1] [2] [3] They are sometimes alternatively referred to as yogi, sannyasi or vairagi. [1]
The guru, and gurukula – a school run by guru, were an established tradition in India by the 1st millennium BCE, and these helped compose and transmit the various Vedas, the Upanishads, texts of various schools of Hindu philosophy, and post-Vedic Shastras ranging from spiritual knowledge to various arts so also specific science and technology.
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The term 'Acharya' has numerous definitions.Hinduism frequently uses the terms "acharya" and "guru" interchangeably.According to the Dharma Shastras, acharya is the one who imparts knowledge of the entire Veda to a student and performs upanayana sanskar.