20th-century Hindu religious leaders

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

Yogi, Kriya Yoga guru and founder of Self-Realization Fellowship (1893-1952)

Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON

Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950)

Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007)

Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev (born 3 September 1957), also known as Sadhguru, is an Indian guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritual activities. Sadhguru has been teaching yoga since 1982. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers ''Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny'', and a frequent speaker at international forums.

Indian spiritual master

Indian yogi, occultist and guru (1855-1936)

Indian spiritual leader and guru

Hindu Guru (1896–1982)

Ramdev (born Ram Kisan Yadav between 1965 and 1975), also known with the prefix Baba, is an Indian yoga guru and businessman. He is primarily known for being a proponent of yoga and ayurveda in India. Ramdev has been organizing and conducting large yoga camps since 2002 and broadcasting his yoga sessions on various Indian TV channels. He co-founded Patanjali Ayurved and Patanjali Yogpeeth with his colleague Balkrishna in 2006.

Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya (born Giridhar Mishra on 14 January 1950) is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas, and has held this title since 1988.

spiritual consort of Ramakrishna (1853–1920)

Indian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928)

Indian spiritual Guru, philosopher, social reformer and composer (1921–1990)

Indian saint (1907–2019)

Gaudīya Vaisnava Hindu guru and instructor (1874–1937)

Indian Hindu mystic (1866-1939)

Indian Sadhu (1929-2020)

Hindu leader from the United States

Hindu leader

Hindu spiritual leader (1880–1935)

Hindu religious leader (c.1900–1973)

Indian author, peace activist, founder of a multinational network of yoga centers

Indian mystic living in Germany

Indian activist

Spiritual leader

Hindu religious guru & founder of Satsang ashram (1888–1969)

Indian philosopher

disciple of Sri Aurobindo (1889–1983)

Kriyananda (born James Donald Walters; May 19, 1926 – April 21, 2013) was an American Hindu religious leader, yoga guru, meditation teacher, musician, and author. He was a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda and founder of the spiritual movement named "Ananda". He wrote numerous songs and dozens of books. According to the LA Times, the main themes of his work were compassion and humility, but he was a controversial figure. Kriyananda and Ananda were sued for copyright issues, sexual harassment, and later, for alleged fraud and labor-law violations.

Muktananda (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru and the founder of Siddha Yoga. He was a disciple of Bhagavan Nityananda. He wrote books on the subjects of Kundalini Shakti, Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism, including a spiritual autobiography entitled The Play of Consciousness. In honorific style, he is often referred to as Swami Muktananda, or Baba Muktananda, or in a familiar way just Baba.

Indian guru (1870–1941)

Indian spiritual guru

Hindu guru (1894–1994)

Indian Hindu guru

hindu pontiff (1935–2018)

Shankaracharya of jyotirmath and dwarka sharda math

Swami Ranganathananda (15 December 1908 – 25 April 2005) was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

Saradananda (23 December 1865 – 19 August 1927), also known as Swami Saradananda, was born as Sarat Chandra Chakravarty in 1865, and was one of the direct monastic disciples of Ramakrishna. He was the first Secretary of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, a post which he held until his death in 1927. He established the Udbodhan house in the Bagbazar area of Calcutta, which was built primarily for the stay of Sri Sarada Devi in Calcutta, from where he used to publish the Bengali magazine Udbodhan. There he wrote Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga in Bengali, on the life of Ramakrishna,

Indian guru

Hindu spiritual leader and president of the Swaminayan organization (1921-2016)

Sri Saveda Devi disciple (1851-1924)

Indian Yogi (1907-2002)

Swami Shivananda (1854–1934), born Tarak Nath Ghosal, was a Hindu spiritual leader and a direct disciple of Ramakrishna, who became the second president of the Ramakrishna Mission. His devotees refer to him as Mahapurush Maharaj (Great Soul). Shivananda and Subodhananda were the only direct disciples of Ramakrishna to be filmed. He was a Brahmajnani ("knower of Brahman or the Supreme Being"). Shivananda introduced the celebration of the birthdays of his brother-monks. He was known to have laid the foundation stone of Shri Ramakrishna Temple at Belur Math, which was designed by Vijnanananda.

master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition (1923-2018)

Indian Hindu guru, saint and swamiji of the Sri Pejavara Adokshaja Matha (1931-2019)

Jnana guru Siva Yogaswami (யோகா டீச்சர் A பட சாமி) of Jaffna (1872–1964) was a spiritual master, a śivajnani and anatha siddhar revered by Hinduism of the 20th century. He had Catholic and Buddhist devotees as well. He was the 161st Jagadacharya of the Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. Yogaswami was trained in and practiced Kundalini yoga under the guidance of Satguru Chellappaswami, from whom he received guru diksha (initiation).

Seychellois artist

Indian Hindu guru (1895–1973)

Indian spiritual advisor (1921–1989)

Hindu guru, successor of Paramahamsa Satyananda

Indian scholar

Hindu guru and saint (1897–1961)

Hindu guru

Hindu saint (1922–2001)

Indian guru (1916-2008)

social reformer

Sri Lankan Tamil Hindu social reformer, literary critic, author, poet, teacher and ascetic (1892–1947)

Hindu guru