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  • Acharya Harikeshi, A famous Jain Acharya, disciple of Lorad Mahavir, the 24th Jain Teerthankar
  • Sant
    Sant
    Sant is an Indian term derived from a Sanskrit verb that means both "to be good" and "to be real". From the fifteenth century the term has often referred to those who sing the name of God and worship Him, particularly the bhakti poets of Marathi...

     Anayar Nayanar, cowherder
  • Sant Atipattar Nayanar, fisherman
  • Sant Banka Mahar, Mahar
  • Sant Bhaguhttp://www.esamskriti.com/html/greatmen/livesofsaints.doc, a devotee of Krishna
  • Sant Binu, a Bengali Tantrik sage
  • Sant Chokha Mela, Mahar. He lived at Mangalvedha in Maharashtra. He wrote many Abhangas devoted to Krishna.
  • Sant Damajipanth, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu
  • Sant Devi Das, a Chamar disciple of Jagjivan Das
  • Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler)
  • sant Guru Ghasidas baba from chhattisgarh.
  • Sant Jiwan Das, Chamar
  • Sant Kaliar Nayanar
  • Sant Kanho or Kanhopatra
    Kanhopatra
    Kanhopatra or Kanhupatra was a 15th century Marathi saint-poetess, venerated by the Varkari sect of Hinduism.Little is known about Kanhopatra. According to most traditional accounts, Kanhopatra was a courtesan and dancing-girl...

    , Mahar dancer, devotee of Vishnu
  • Sant Kapinjalada, Chandala, according to Mahabharata
  • Sant Karmamelam, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu
  • Sant Kurmadas, devotee of Vishnu
  • Sant Madara Dhulayya
  • Sant Malamat Shah, Chamar
  • Sant Nanhadas, a devotee of Rama and Sant Ramanand's disciple
  • Sant Nandanar (Nanthanaar) http://www.jstor.org/view/00912131/ap020077/02a00020/0, Athanuur, devotee of Shiva http://www.shaivam.org/nanaalai.html, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints. Chidambaram, the main place where Nandanar practiced austerities is now a place where backward castes have their own ashrams and recite the Upanishads in Sanskrit (Sastri, P. 3 Hindu Feasts, Fasts & Ceremonies).
  • Sant Nirmala, Mahar
  • Sant Prabhu Bajyar,(Mochi-Chamar julaha)(1918–1971) Vill; Jhamba, P.o- Sanoli,Panipat, Haryana, Devotee of Lord Krishna, recognised as the man of best integrity, word and character by all castes, recipient of Exempelary Character Certificate from British Indian army
  • Sant Parshuram, from Chhattisgarh
  • Sant Prasanna, Bengali, devotee of Durga Maa
    Durga
    For the 1985 Hindi Film of Rajesh Khanna see DurgaaIn Hinduism, Durga ; ; meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible"; , durga) or Maa Durga "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress" is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having eighteen arms, riding a lion...

     disciple of Kalachand
  • Sant Purnananda, became recognized as a Brahmana
  • Sant Rohidas or Ravidashttp://www.kamat.com/indica/faiths/bhakti/ravidas.htm, Chamar member, the Guru
    Guru
    A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

     of Mirabai. He is said to have taken up his family job of shoe-making and supplied shoes top ascetics.http://rrtd.nic.in/santravidas.html "My caste is low, my lineage is low, and mean is my birth. I have taken shelter, King Rama, says Ravidas the cobbler" (p. 659, Guru Granth Sahib). His disciples are the Ravidasis. He was a disciple of Ramananda, claimed by Harijans to be their master (Singh, P. 98 Leadership Patterns and Village Structure)
  • Sant Sadna, butcher
  • Sant Sakhubai, devotee of Vishnu
  • Sant Sarwan Dass, a follower of Ravi Das
  • Sant Satyakam Jabali
  • Sant Shatakopa, Kanjar (prostitute) Alwar devotee, Yamuna Muni declared, "I touch my feet at the holy feet of Shatakopa" (P. 87, Gita Darshan as Bhakti Yoga, as a Chaitanyite Reads it)
  • Sant Soyarabai, Sant Chokha Mela's wife
  • Sant Tirukkurippu Tondar Nayanar
  • Sant Tirumalisai, an Alvar Vaishnava saint
  • Sant Tiru Nalai Povar Nayanar
  • Sant Tiru Nilakanta Nayanar, potter, devotee of Shiva
  • Sant Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints
  • Sant Tiru Panazhwarhttp://www.india-forum.com/articles/66/1/Hindus-fight-discrimination-in-California-textbooks---3
  • Sant Tiruvalluvar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints, wrote the Tirukkural
  • Sant Umaid Ram Maharaj, Bhangi, Rajasthani. He was born on the Hindu month of Miskar (November-December) in the Hindu year 1865 on Thursday in Jodhpur. He was a medicant. His successors were Sukaram Maharaj, Deepa Ram Maharaj and the present-day Mangi Ram Maharaj.

Maharishis

  • Maharishi Veda Vyasa, was born of and raised by a fisherwoman and Parashara (See below)
  • Maharishi Valmiki
    Valmiki
    Valmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself. He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e...

    - author of the Ramayana
    Ramayana
    The Ramayana is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is ascribed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon , considered to be itihāsa. The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India and Nepal, the other being the Mahabharata...

    .

Sat Guru Maharishi Naval
The life and personality of Great Saint "SAT GURU MAHARISHI NAVAL" never ever consider in the Hindi and Marwari Language before. We are trying to explain of his real image of life and personality in distinguishable ascertainment (research).

The incarnation of "MAHARISHI NAVAL" in the family of MATA SINGHARI and PITA KHUSHAAL RAM in the year of 1783 and according to Vikram Samvant 1840 in the "Harsala" village district Nagore the famous province Rajesthan of India.

His mother MATA SINGHARI was died in his childhood when he was the aged of one month. After his mother death, all the nourishment done of MAHARISHI NAVAL by his father. MAHARISHI NAVAL was interested in Bahjans Kirtans and Lord Worship when he became younger aged of his childhood and his father Sree Khushaal Ram was very pleasant (glad) from his practices (habits).

In MEGHWAREN family (Meghwaar Pirwaar) of Hindu, Guru Shree Kerta Ram Maharaj known great Hindu ascetic(SAINT). The father of Maharishi Naval made him the devotee student to the great ascetic Kerta Ram Maharaj and he performed different activities in worship and Maharishi Naval became a spiritualized (SAINT) in the Hindu Religion.
  • Maharishi Vithal Ramji Shinde, a member of the Prartna Samaj and founder of the Depressed Classes Mission organization for the upliftment of backward-caste Hindus.
  • Maharishi Parashara, son of an outcaste woman (Matsyakanya-Satyavathi Devi), was one of the greatest devotes and thinkers in the Hindu Dharma. He was a very powerful Vedic astrologer. His astrological book is the Parasara Hora still used today. He has also written a Smriti
    Smriti
    Smriti literally "that which is remembered," refers to a specific body of Hindu religious scripture, and is a codified component of Hindu customary law. Smṛti also denotes non-Śruti texts and is generally seen as secondary in authority to Śruti. The literature which comprises the Smrti was...

     known as Parasara Smriti which is held in such high esteem that it is quoted by our present-day writers on sociology and ethics
  • Maharishi Soot, narrator of the Puranas.
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