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the pied piper
 
 
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a legend about the abduction of many children from the town...
the mother
 
 
I ndian’s first western Guru, The Mother, born on February 21, 1878 in Paris , France , to an...
swami jinendra
 
 
S wami Jinendra was born on October 20,1948 at Mumbai in a middle-class family of Maharashtra. Sinc...
swami vivekananda
 
 
13c2 S wami Vivekananda ?????? ?????????? (Narendranath Dutta ??????????? ????) (January 12 , 18...
william sloane coffin
 
 
Name: William Sloane Coffin Jr. Born: 1 J...
george washington williams
 
 
Name: George Washington Williams Bor...
parashurama
 
 
I n Hinduism, Parashurama ("axe-wielding Rama") is the sixth avatar of Vishnu, and a son of Jamadag...
maharishi mahesh yogi
 
 
T he founder of the Transcendental Meditation programme, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is widely regarded a...
the easter bunny
 
 
Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols of extreme antiquity; since ...
dalai lama
 
 
His Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spir...
kabir
 
 
K abir is one of the great luminaries who occupy a very distinct position as a ruthless critic of t...
vamakhapa
 
 
A ‘mad saint’ from West Bengal , Vamakhapa was born in 1837 at Atla in Birbhum distric...
eknath
 
 
E knath was a major saint of the Varakavi Sampradaya founded by Jhanadeva. He was born in 1533 at P...
bellerophon
 
 
Bellerophon or Bellerophontes was a hero of Greek myth...
punxsutawney phil
 
 
Punxsutawney Phil, the "seer of seers and prognosticator of prognosticators," ...
srila prabhupada
 
 
Name: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Born: 1 Se...
laleshwari
 
 
A Shiva devotee, Laleshwari was born in 1335 at Pandraethan village in Kashmir. She was married at...
aimee semple mcpherson
 
 
Born: October 9, 1890 Inge...
parvati
 
 
P arvati, is the wife of Shiva and the mother of Kartikeya and Ganesha. Shiva and Parvati’s m...
rishabha
 
 
R ishabha, also known as Virshabha, the first Jain Tirthankar, was born at Ayodhya. He was the son ...
sri aurobindo
 
 
S ri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta on August 15,1872. His father, K.D.G was an atheist who wanted ...
tirthankar mahaveer
 
 
4adb T irthankar Mahaveer was the last and the twenty-fourth Tirthankar of this epoch. There wer...
beowulf
 
 
eve
 
 
Name: Eve Jihan Jeffers Born:...
bhagat sain
 
 
A fter Kabir who enjoyed great name and fame from the so-called low caste was Bhagat Sain. He was b...
sakhubai
 
 
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anne ayres
 
 
Name: Anne Ayres Born...
guru har krishan ji
 
 
G uru Har Krishan Ji, the successor of Guru Har Rai, became the Sikh Guru in 1661. He asked, after ...
mahavir
 
 
M ahavir Swami was one of the noble saints of the world who gave up kingly comforts and worldly ple...
saint choka mela
 
 
S aint Choka Mela was one of the revered saints during the 14th century. He was born in a Mahare fa...
dionigi tettamanzi
 
 
Name: Dionigi Tettamanzi Born: 14...
guru har rai ji
 
 
T he seventh Guru of the Sikh faith, Guru Har Rai Ji, the son of Baba Gurditta, was born on January...
shri avichaldasji
 
 
H e is the head of the Sat Kaival Sampradaya and is the seventh Acharya in the line. He organized ...
shri sarada devi
 
 
1ae1 T he Holy Mother, Shri Sarada Devi, symbolizes the ideal motherhood of women, ancient and m...
annada thakur
 
 
A nnada Thakur was born in a Brahmin family at Chittagaon, West Bengal. He came to Kolkata to study...
chaitanya
 
 
B rahmana Vaishnava Chaitanya, real name Nemai Mishra, was born in 1486. He became an ascetic at th...
vashishta
 
 
V ashishta is supposed to have been born as the result of Brahma’s will-power. He was a great...
bharadwaja
 
 
A charya E.Bharadwaja was born on 30th October 1938 and was a post-graduate in English literature. ...
ram singh baba
 
 
T he leader of the Namdhari or Kuka Movement, Rama Singh Baba was born on February 3, 1816, at Bhai...
vishwamitra
 
 
f92 V ishwamitra is one of the most well known of the great sages. His epic tussle with Vasishta...

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