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anandamayi ma
 
 
A nandmayi was born in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) in 1896. Since her childhood, she took a lot of...
parsava
 
 
T he 23rd Jain Tirthankara, Parsava was born in 872 B.C. at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to...
vaishnavacharya goswami
 
 
A n epitome of devotion, an apostle of affection, a proponent of Sanatan Dharma and a supporter of ...
sri satya sai baba
 
 
S athya Sai Baba (born Sathya Narayana Raju with the family name Ratnakaram, circa 1926-1929) is a ...
norman vincent peale
 
 
Name: Norman Vincent Peale Born...
emily bissell
 
 
Name: Emily P. Bissell Born:...
diana (goddess)
 
 
D iana was the equivalent in Roman mythology of the Greek Artemis (see Roman/Greek equivalency in m...
saint dyaneshwar
 
 
O ne of the great scholar saints, Saint Dyaneshwar is still remembered with great reverence. Born i...
santa claus
 
 
Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or simply "Sa...
ved vyas
 
 
V yas does not signify the name of any one person. It is a title Ved Vyas, the author of the Mahabh...
billy mills
 
 
Billy Mills is an Oglala Lakota (Sioux) born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation....
rick warren
 
 
Name: Richard D. Warren Born: ...
saint ravidas
 
 
G uru Ravidas is hailed as the liberator of the common people, representing the voice of the suppre...
saint tukaram
 
 
S aint Tukaram was the most popular saint of Maharashtra . He was born in 1598. His parents were po...
katharine drexel
 
 
Name: Katharine Drexel Born: 26...
billy graham
 
 
Born November 7, 1918, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Oldest of 2 sisters, 2 br...
pegasus
 
 
In Greek mythology, Pegasus was a winged ho...
variyar swamigal
 
 
1f0a T hiru Muruga Kirupanandha Variyar, popularly known and reverently called as Variyar Swamig...
tulsidas
 
 
T ulsidas was born in 1532 to a Brahmin family, at the town of Rajapur in Utter Pradesh. He suffere...
francis arinze
 
 
Francis Cardinal Arinze, (born 1 November 1932) is an African prelate of the ...
mahavira
 
 
Mahavira (599 - 527 BCE, though possibly 549 - 477 BCE) is the nam...
leontine kelly
 
 
Name: Leontine Turpeau Current Kelly Born:...
black elk
 
 
Name: Black Elk Born: 186...
john duns scotus
 
 
Name: John Duns Scotus Bor...
gautama buddha
 
 
G autama Buddha was a South Asian spiritual leader traditionally stated to have lived between appro...
khwaja ghulam farid
 
 
K hwaja Gulam Farid, a chisti silsila mystic, was born in 1261 Hijri. During his childhood, his bro...
sri krishna
 
 
2ca8 L ord Sri Krishna was born on the ‘Rohini’ nakshatram (star) on Ashtami day. T...
meerabai
 
 
M ira was a queen of Rajasthan who is known more for her devotion than her political position. The...
bernadette soubirous
 
 
Name: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes Born: 7 J...
ramanujacharya
 
 
114e S ri Ramanujacharya is known as the greatest exponent of Visistadvaita Vedanta. He appeared...
vasudev anand saraswati
 
 
1472 Background I ndia in the middle of nineteenth century was in a state of confusion and t...
pat robertson
 
 
Born: Marion Gordon Robertson Born: 22 ...
krsna balaram swamiji
 
 
16ab M ahant Sri Krsna Balaram Swamiji is an expert Sanskrit scholar and teaches the exact ancie...
narada
 
 
T he Lord Vishnu being the Creator,.Sustainer,.destructor,.all the cosmic evolution is due to Lord...
saint ramalinga swamigal
 
 
R amalinga Swamigal, Popularly known as Vallalar, was one of the notable saints and mystics of the ...
sant dariya saheb
 
 
S ant Dariya was born in Vikram era 1691(1634A.D.) on Sunday in Ashwin month at Dharkandha in Rohta...
muqtada al-sadr
 
 
Name: Muqtada al-Sadr Born: 1...
basaveshwara
 
 
17e1 S hree Basaveshwara was the reviver of the Veerashaiva ( Lingayats) religion. He advocated ...
rich mullins
 
 
Name: Richard Wayne Mullins Born: 21 ...

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