Spectrum Chart - 108 : Holy Saints
Tukaram - Tukaram was a
17th-century poet-saint of the Bhakti movement in Maharashtra.
Tukaram is known for his Abhanga devotional poetry and spiritual
songs known as kirtans. His poetry was devoted to Vitthala or
Vithoba, an avatar of Hindu god Vishnu.
Dnyaneshwar - Dnyaneshwar
was a 13th-century Marathi saint, poet, philosopher and yogi of the
Nath tradition whose Dnyaneshvari & Amrutanubhav are considered
to be milestones in Marathi literature.
Jesus Christ – Jesus,
also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of
Christianity, whom the teachings of most Christian denominations
hold to be the Son of God.
Mahavir – Mahavir also
known as 'Vardhaman', was 24th & last Jain Tirthankara. He
revived the Jain Dharma with five moral teachings under broad
headings of Non-violence(Ahimsa), Truthfulness (Satya), Non-stealing
(Asteya), Control of senses including mind(Brahmacharya) and
Non-possessiveness (Aparigraha).
Meera - Meera, also known
as Mira Bai, was a 16th century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of
Krishna. She is celebrated as a poet and has been claimed by the
North Indian Hindu tradition of Bhakti saints.
Guru Nanak - Guru Nanak Dev
was the founder of Sikhism, and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His
main teaching to the world was written down to be "devotion of
thought and having good actions as the first of our jobs".
Surdas - Surdas was a late
15th-century blind saint, poet and musician, known for his
devotional songs dedicated to Lord Krishna. Surdas is said to have
written and composed a hundred thousand songs in his magnum opus the
'Sur Sagar'
Eknath - Ekanath was a
prominent Marathi sant, scholar, and religious poet of the Varkari
sampradaya. In the development of Marathi literature, Ekanath is
seen as a bridge between his predecessors—Dnyaneshwar and
Namdev—and the later Tukaram and Ramdas.
Gautam Buddha - Lord Buddha
is a very holy person in Buddhism. Buddha, was a sage on whose
teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and
taught mostly in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent
sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.
Ramdas - Ramdas was a noted
17th-century saint and spiritual poet of Maharashtra. He is most
remembered for his Advaita Vendatist text, the Dasbodh. Ramdas was a
devotee of Hanuman and Rama.
Tulsidas - Tulsidas was a
Hindu poet-saint, reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya
in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his
devotion to the Lord Rama.
Zoraoster - Zoroaster or
Zarathushtra, was an ancient prophet who lived in Persia. He founded
a religion named Zoroastrianism. He is credited with the authorship
of the Yasna Haptanghaiti as well as the Gathas, hymns which are at
the liturgical core of Zoroastrian thinking. Most of his life is
known through the Zoroastrian texts.
Kabir - Kabir was a mystic
poet and a musician and was one of the important saints of Hinduism
and also considered a Sufi by Muslims. He is respected by Hindus,
Muslims and Sikhs.
Gora Kumbhar - Gora Kumbhar
was a Hindu sant associated with the Bhakti movement and the Varkari
sect of Maharashtra. He was a potter by trade and devotee of Vithal.
Namdeo – Namdeo was a
poet-saint from Maharashtra, who is significant to the Varkari sect
of Hinduism. He is also venerated in Sikhism, as well as Hindu
warrior-ascetic traditions such as the Dadupanthis and the Niranjani
Sampraday.
Savta Mali - Savata Mali
(born in the 13th century) was a Hindu saint. He was a contemporary
of Namdev, and a devotee of Vithoba.
Tomb of Mohammad – Tomb
of Mohammad is in the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia. Mohammad's
tomb lies within the confines of what used to be his wife Aisha's
and his house. Millions of visitors come to visit it every year
because it is traditional to visit the mosque when going on the
pilgrimage to Mecca.
Narsinh Mehta – Narsinh
Mehta was a poet-saint of Gujarat, India, notable as a bhakta, an
exponent of Vaishnava poetry. He is especially revered in Gujarati
literature, where he is acclaimed as its Adi Kavi.
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