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| Lingaraj Temple |  | | Name: | Lingaraj Temple | | Creator: | Jajati Keshari | | Date built: | 11th century C.E. | | Primary deity: | Shiva |
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| Lingaraj Temple is a temple of the Hindu god Shiva and is one of the oldest temples of the Temple City Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of the state of Orissa.
Temple complex  Sculpture on Lingaraj temple
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List of ancient Indian cities (211): This is a list of ancient Indian cities, the cities which were in existence before arrival of Islam in India in the eighth century .  Ancient Indian (Bharata) cities and Places(Title and location names are in English.)
The ancient Indian cities and towns visited by Xuanzang during his travel to India between 630 AD to 637 AD : List of Ayyavazhi-related topics (1333): Theology
Mythology
Mythical figures
Religiosity
People
Places
Philosophy List of Chitpavans (452): This is a list of Chitpavan Konkanastha Brahmins
Literature/Scholars Vaman R. Barve (Ambedem Valpoi Goa Freedom fighter) - Vasant Sathe (Ex. Union Cabinet Minister of India )
- G. N. Dandekar (Go Ni Dandekar)
- Prin. V.K. Jog (Modern Education Society)
- Irawati Karve
- Hari Narayan Apte
- Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, Jnanpith award winning Kannada poet. ALso called "Ambikatanayadatta".
- Gangadhar Gadgil
- Shivram Ganesh Barve(satode valpoi Goa ..eminent freedom fighter
- Shri. Ja. Joshi
- Raghunath D. Joshi, Writer and Critic of Indian Philosophy
- Na. Si. Phadke
- Malti Bedekar, feminist and Marathi novel writer
- Pandurang Vaman Kane (Bharat Ratna awardee)
- S N Pendse (Shri Nā)
- Vi Ka Rajwade (Itihasacharya Rajwade)
- Vinda Karandikar (Jnanapeeth Awardee 2003)
- Madhav Vaze
- Vishram Bedekar
- Krishnaji Keshav Damle(Keshavsoot)
- Wrangler R. P. Paranjpe, first Indian Senior Wrangler
- Vasant Bapat
- Vivekanand Godbole, Historian (author of ``Subhey Kalyan", ``Hindu Sanskruti Anee Kalyan")
- Ashok Gadgil, Scientist with LBL.
- Kedar Joshi, Superultramodern Science / Philosophy
- Narendra Karmarkar, renowned computer scientist at Bell labs who invented his own algorithm for linear programming for which he won ACM's Paris Kanellakis Award
- Navakanta Bhat, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, 2004-2005, IISc
- Dr.Prabhakara Joshi, Yakshagana Talamaddale performer, Critic, Scholar, Educator
- Daji Nagesh Apte, Sanskrit/Jyotish scholar
- Prakash M. Apte, Eisenhower Exchange Fellow USA 1988, Town Planner of new capital of Gujarat.
- Shreeram Abhyankar
- Narasimha T Paranjape, Kannada poet from Dharwad, Karnataka.
- Arvind (chitale)dixit
- Chintaman Vinayak Joshi (Chimanrao Gundyabhau fame)
Arvind V.Gokhale ( Arvind Vyam.Gokhale ) Deputy Editor Loksatta, Former Editor Kesari
Politics/Social Reform
Industry
Sport
Medicine - Anandibai Joshi, first woman doctor of India
- Ajit Phadke, urologist and surgeon of Bombay
- RV Sathe, physician and Vice-Chancellor, University of Bombay
- Ravi Bapat, surgeon at the K.E.M. Hospital
- Sudhakar Sane, noted Surgeon and Forensic Pathologist
- Santosh Karmarkar Pediatric surgeon, at Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Govind Datar Pediatric Surgeon, at Pune, Maharashtra
- Dr. Bedekar, Thane, Maharashtra
- [[Dr.Pramod Bapat , surgeon at Talegaon General Hospital
- [[Dr.Anand P.Tamhankar,M.D. and F.R.C.S. , at Schotland
- Dr. Sanjay Watve Leading Psychiatrist at Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Dr.Milind Bapat Leading Urologist at Pune,Maharashtra,India
Information Technology
Cinema/Theatre
Music List of converts to Hinduism (540): The following is a list of converts to Hinduism from other religions or a non-religious background.
From Abrahamic Religions
From Christianity - Agehananda Bharati (born Leopold Fischer) - academic Sanskritist, a prolific author about religious subjects, and a Hindu monk in the Dasanami Sannyasi order
- Annie Besant - Theosophist, orator and feminist[1]
- Job Charnock - The founder of Calcutta[2]
- Alice Coltrane - American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer[3]
- Nilla Cram Cook - Associate of Mahatma Gandhi[4]
- Alain Daniélou - French historian, intellectual, musicologist,Indologist[5]
- Ambarish Das (born Alfred Ford) - American businessman, great-grandson of Henry Ford a disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of ISKCON[6]
- Bhagavan Das (born Kermit Michael Riggs) - Western Yogi[7]
- Shaunaka Rishi Dasa - born into an Irish Christian family and founder of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
- Urmila Devi Dasi (born Edith E. Best) - leading female disciples of Srila Prabhupada specializing in primary and secondary education[8]
- Ram Dass - Spiritual teacher
- Roy Eugene Davis - American Kriya Yoga teacher[9]
- Ma Jagattarini Devi - (born Janne Wesly) former hollywood actress
- Krishna Dharma - British author and convert to Gaudiya Vaishnavism under ISKCON[10]
- John Dobson - astronomer and telescope designer
- David Frawley - author on Hinduism, Yoga and Ayurveda[11]
- Heather Graham - American Actress
- Kelli Williams - American Actress
- George Harrison - popular English guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles who passed away chanting the Hare Krishna Mahamantra in the company of monks from ISKCON. He is also known for donating Bhaktivedanta Manor, a Hindu temple to the Hare Krishna community in Britain
- Jon B. Higgins - American musician, scholar, and teacher known for his rare skill as a foreigner in the field of Carnatic music
- Lex Hixon - poet, philosopher and spiritual practitioner and teacher
- Aldous Huxley - English writer who emigrated to the United States, author of Brave New World
- Christopher Isherwood - Anglo-American novelist[12]
- Jomol - Malayali actress [13]
- Timothy Leary - Harvard professor and American writer and psychologist[14]
- Stephen Knapp - American author and convert to Gaudiya Vaishnavism and member of ISKCON [15]
- Swami Kriyananda (born J. Donald Walters) - direct disciple of the yogi Paramahansa Yogananda
- Joe Don Looney - professional American football player[16]
- John McLaughlin - jazz fusion guitar player[17]
- Crispian Mills - English musician[18]
- Savitri Devi Mukherji (born Maximiani Portas) - French woman who became enamoured with Hinduism and Nazism, trying to synthesise Hinduism with Nazi philosophy and racial ideology
- Swami B. G. Narasingha (born Jack B. Herber) - American Hindu monk, author, photographer, videographer, and documentarian
- Sister Nivedita (born Margaret Elizabeth Noble) - Anglo-Irish social worker, author, and teacher[19]
- James Pomerantz - senior sitar disciple of Ali Akbar Khan of the Baba Allauddin Maihar Gharana
- Swami Sivananda Radha - Canadian author on Hinduism and Hindu writer[20]
- Leelawathy Ramanathan - Australia-born Hindu writer and activist. Converted upon marrying Ponnambalam Ramanathan[21]
- Mathias Rust - German daredevil pilot[22]
From Judaism
From Islam
From Dharmic Religions
From Buddhism
From Jainism
Other
From Animism
From non-religious backgrounds
References - ^ Besant, Annie. The Building of the Kosmos and Other Lectures: Delivered at the Eighteenth. The Path, 1894.
- ^ Indian Renaissance: British Romantic Art And the Prospect of India - Hermoine De Almeida
- ^ Jazz Musician Alice Coltrane dead at 69 News Australia - January 15, 2007
- ^ INDIA Runaway Disciple TIME - December 11, 1933
- ^ Shiva and the Primordial Tradition - Inner Traditions
- ^ Alfred Ford Takes a Turn to the Spiritual New York Times - November 9, 1981
- ^ a b The Hippie And The Beastie - Bhagavan Das - Brief Article Bnet Research - July 2001
- ^ U - Srila Prabhupada Disciple Database
- ^ Meditate for a healthy living Times of India - October 13, 2002
- ^ Krishna Dharma Dasa ISKCON UK
- ^ Religion and ethnicity The Hindu - May 27, 2003
- ^ Acclaimed American Author Christopher Isherwood Adherents
- ^ *Actress accuses her father Times of India - April 25, 2005
- ^ Time to Mutate TIME - April 29, 1966
- ^ Stephen Knapp's official Website
- ^ Dozier 152
- ^ John McLaughlin Adherents.com
- ^ July 1997 Diaspora Hinduism Today
- ^ Defying the Hindutva canon The Hindu - January 30, 2004
- ^ Power of the mantra Trinidad Guardian - 3rd November 2004
- ^ Lady Ramanathan Passes away The Hindu - January 31, 1953
- ^ German daredevil grounded by court Guardian Unlimited - April 21, 2001
- ^ Affiliation of Writer J. D. Salinger - Adherents
- ^ Official Site - Bhakti Tirtha Swami
- ^ Kenneth Valpey - ISKCON News
- ^ Although odd, Ricky Williams isn't without his charms Pro Football Weekly - November 23, 2007
- ^ Who is Acaryadeva? - Acharyadeva
- ^ a b Chopra, P.N. T.K. Ravindran and N. Subrahmaniam.History of South India. S. Chand, 2003. ISBN 8121901537
- ^ Unveiling the mystique of a reclusive artiste The Hindu - June 28, 2006
- ^ Indian musician goes back to roots OneIndia - August 23, 2006
- ^ Muslim scholar embraces Hinduism The Tribune, Chandigarh - April 7, 2000
- ^ Dhrupad.org
- ^ Rizwan was ready to convert to Hinduism Express India - September 24, 2007
- ^ XVII. Economic and Social Developments under the Mughals Columbia University
- ^ Dr. Anwar Shaikh : A Great Soul, A Great Fighter for Truth - International Opinion
- ^ Five bombers were prepared to die Sunday Morning Telegraph - May 25, 2003
- ^ Hindu-Muslim love gets HC's blessing Times of India - April 12, 2007
- ^ Dona Catherina: the last empress of Lanka Lanka Library
- ^ Thakur, Upendra.The Hunas in India. The Chowkhamba Senskrit, Banaras, 1967.
- ^ Coins of India Calcutta : Association Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1922
- ^ Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government - Benjamin Lewis Rice
- ^ Manipur, The - Banglapedia
- ^ Shimray, R.R. Origin and Culture of Nagas. Pamleiphi Shimray, 1985
- ^ Neog, Maheshwar. Religions of the North-east: Studies in the Formal Religions of North. Munshiram Manoharlal, 1984.
- ^ Krishna, Manmohan.Political Consciousness In Indian English Writing: A Study Of Manohar Malgonkar,Naintara Sahgal & Bhabani Bhattacharya.1991, Bahri Publications. ISBN 8170340624
- ^ Goel, Sita Ram, "How I became a Hindu"
See also
External links Lists of Hindus (1540): Religious Figures / Philosophers Bhaskara Raya : Author of Varivasya Rahasyam Kanakadasa:Greatest Saint of Bakthi movement.
Monarchs / National Leaders / Politicians Maurya Dynasty (324 BC-184 BC) Gupta Dynasty (319-?) Pallava Dynasty Chola Dynasty (1st century to 1279) Vijayanagar Empire Hakka Raya Bukka Raya Krishna Deva Raya Aliya Rama Raya Maratha Emperors (1674-1818) Wodeyars of Mysore (1399-1950) Nepal Cambodia Indonesia 20th Century - Mohandas Gandhi : National leader
- CN Annadurai, popularly known as Anna, ex-Chief Minister
- Balgangadhar Tilak : National leader
- Bidhan Chandra Roy : Indian politician
- Dayanidhi Maran, Politician; IT & Communications Minister of India
- Deeran Chinnamalai, Indian Freedom Fighter
- Devan Nair, Former President, Singapore
- P. Chidambaram, Politician; Finance Minister of India
- S Dhanabalan, ex-Minister (various portfolios), Singapore
- S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore
- J Jayalalithaa, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; yesteryears actress
- M. Karunanidhi, ex-Chief Minister
- T.T. Krishnamachari, Industrialist & India's first Finance Minister
- Mani Shankar Aiyar, Politician; Oil Minister of India
- Murasoli Maran, Politician; ex-Industries Minister of India
- Velupillai Prabhakaran, Chief of the LTTE
- C. Rajagopalachari, Ex-Governor General of India; writer & statesman
- S.Rajaratnam, ex-Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry)
- M.G.Ramachandran,ex-CM of TN; yesteryears actor
- Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Ex-President, India
- S.R. Nathan, President, Singapore
- E.M.S. Namboothiripad, Communist Leader
- Samy Vellu, works minister, Malaysia
- Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan : Ex-President, India
- Chidambaram Subramaniam, ex-Steel & Mines Minister of India; Bharat Ratna Awardee & 'Father of the Indian Green Revolution'
- Subramanian Swamy, Politician
- Thanthai Periyar, Popularly known for his rationalism
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Education, Singapore (Sri Lankan Tamil ancestry)
Military
Business Leaders / Top Executives India - Ajay Piramal, chairman, Piramal Enterprises Limited
- Anil Ambani son of Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance Inc
- Dewang Mehta, ex-chief of NASSCOM
- Dhirubhai Ambani Founder of Reliance Inc, India's largest private firm, Multibillionaire
- Dilip Sanghvi,
- GD Birla, Industrialist, Birla Group
- Jamnalal Bajaj
- Kalanidhi Maran, Media Baron
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biotechnology entrepreneur
- Kumar Birla , Multibillionaire, Birla Group
- M.A. Chidambaram, Industrialist
- Mukesh Ambani son of Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance Inc
- N.R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder Infosys
- S. Ramadorai, CEO of Tata Consultancy Services
- Ramalinga Raju : Satyam Computers
- Ratan Tata : Chairman - Tata Sons
- Shantanu Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Kirloskar Group
- Shiv Nadar, Chairman & CEO of HCL & Forbes List of Billionaires
- Subrata Roy, Sahara India Parivar
- Sunil Mittal
- Vijay Mallya, chairman, UB group of companies
Overseas - Lakshmi Mittal : 3rd Richest Man in the World, Richest non-American
- Amar Bose : Founder of Bose Corporation
- Ananda Krishnan : Media Baron, Richest man in Malaysia, ethnic Sri Lankan Tamil
- Bobby Kishore, General Manager Microsoft Corporation
- Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, founder of Sycamore Networks
- Indra Nooyi : President, PepsiCo
- Rajat Gupta : CEO, McKinsey
- Sanjay Kumar : CEO, Computer Associates International
- Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO, Orange Telecommunications
- Sanjiv Sidhu, founder i2 Technologies
- Srichanda Hinduja, Hinduja Brothers
- Vinod Khosla : Venture Capitalist, Co-founder Sun Microsystems
Writers / Poets Ancient Times to 19th Century - Aathreya, Telugu Poet
- Auvaiyar, Saivite Saint and Tamil Poet
- Bharathidasan, Tamil Poet & Rationalist
- Kalidasa:Great sanskrit poet, wrote the play Sakuntala
- Kambar, Tamil Poet, Translated Ramayana into Tamil
- Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil Poet, Anti-colonialist writer
- Thiruvalluvar, Tamil Author & Poet, Wrote the ancient Tamil treatise Thirukural
- Tholkappiar, Tamil Grammarian, wrote Tholkappiyam over 2000 years ago
- Tulsidas, Hindi Poet, Translated Ramayana into Hindi
20th Century - Rabindranath Tagore : Writer, 1913 Nobel Literature Prize Winner
- V.S. Naipaul : Writer, Nobel Literature Prize Winner
- Aldous Huxley : Novelist, author of Brave New World
- Arun Kolatkar, Modern Poet
- Arundhati Roy, Author, Booker Prize Winner
- Bharati Mukherjee, Author, US
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Christopher Isherwood, Writer
- Eknath Easwaran, Keralan-American author
- Gopal Baratham, Singapore writer (also, leading neurosurgeon)
- Harivanshrai Bachchan, Hindi poet, father of Amitabh Bachchan
- Prof. Karmegha Konar, Tamil Poet
- Jayakanthan, Tamil writer, Jnanpith awardee
- Jhumpa Lahiri - Pulitzer Prize winner for "Interpreter of Maladies"
- Kalhana
- Kamala Markandaya, poetess
- Kannadasan, Tamil poet & lyricist, known as kavi arasu (king of poets)
- R.K. Laxman, Famous Indian Cartoonist & Humorist
- Manil Suri novelist
- Mahadevi Verma, Hindi poetess
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Munshi Premchand, Hindi novelist
- Pudhumaipithan, Influential and revolutionary Tamil writer
- R.K. Narayan, English short-story writer, Malgudi tales
- J.D. Salinger : Novelist
- Som Thakur, Author of "Ek Racha Patal Ki" Hindi Well known Poet
- Shashi Tharoor - Author of The Great Indian Novel besides other books
- Subhash Kak, writer
- Sumitranandan Pant, Hindi poet
- Vikram Seth, English novelist, poet
- Vayalar Ramavarma - Malayalam poet
- Savitri Devi Mukherji - writer and devotee of Adolf Hitler
Scientists / Inventors Ancient Times to 19th Century 20th Century - Amartya Sen : Economist, Nobel Prize Winner
- Abhay Ashtekar : — Loop Quantum Gravity Researcher
- Sabeer Bhatia : Co-founder of Hotmail
- Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, 1930 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
- R. Chidambaram, Scientific Adviser to Prime Minister; ex-Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission
- Ganapathi Thanikaimoni, Palynologist, French Institute of Pondicherry, awarded the Fyson Prize in Natural Science
- Har Gobind Khorana : Scientist, Nobel Prize Winner
- Jagdish Chandra Bose : Scientist, Developer of Wireless Communication
- Marti Subrahmanyam, Finance Expert; Professor at NYU & Board of Directors of Infosys & ICICI
- C.K. Prahalad, Management Expert; University of Michigan Business School
- V.S. Ramachandran, Neuroscientist; Director Professor at UC San Diego
- S.S. Ratnam, pioneer in Singapore in-vitro fertilisation
- S.R. Ranganathan, Eminent librarian who devised the five laws of library science
- Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan, Brilliant 20th century Mathematician
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
- Chandrasekhara Raman 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics
Mathematicians - Yajnavalkya : 1800 BC, the author of the altar mathematics of the Shatapatha Brahmana.
- Lagadha : Author of a 1350 BC text on Vedic astronomy
- Baudhayana : 800 BC
- Manava : 750 BC
- Apastamba : 700 BC
- Aksapada Gautama 550 BC, Logician
- Katyayana 400 BC
- Panini 5th century BC
- Pingala 5th century BC
- Bharata Muni 450 BC
- Aryabhata- Astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for astronomical constants, 500
- Varahamihira
- Bhaskara I 620
- Brahmagupta - Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic,
- Virahanka (8th century) - Gave explicit rules for the Fibonacci series.
- Shridhara (between 650-850) - Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere.
- Lalla 720-790
- Govindsvamin (9th century)
- Virasena
- Mahavira (9th century)
- Jayadeva (9th century)
- Prithudaka 9th century
- Halayudha10th century
- Aryabhata II 920-1000
- Vateshvara (10th century)
- Brahmadeva 1060-1130
- Sripati 1019-1066
- Gopala - Studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci
- Hemachandra - Also studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci
- Bhaskara - Conceived of Differential Calculus
- Gangesha Upadhyaya 13th century, Logician, Mithila school
- Pakshadhara sone of Gangehsa, Logician, Mithila school
- Shankara Mishra Logician, Mithila school
- Narayana Pandit
- Madhava - Considered the father of mathematical analysis, Founded some concepts of Calculus
- Parameshvara (1360-1455)
- Nilakantha Somayaji - Mathematician and Astronomer
- Mahendra Suri (14th century)
- Shankara Variyar (c. 1530)
- Vasudeva Sarvabhauma 1450-1525, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Raghunatha Shiromani (1475-1550), Logician, Navadvipa school
- Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha c. 1575, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Jyesthadeva
- Jagadisha Tarkalankara c. 1625, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Gadadhara Bhattacharya c. 1650, Logician, Navadvipa school
- Munishvara (17th century)
- Kamalakara (1657)
- Jagannatha (1730)
- Jagdish Chandra Bose (1858-1937)
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920)
- A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892-1953)
- Meghnad Saha (1893-1956)
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972
- Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) Mathematical Physicist, famous for Bose-Einstein statistics
- Raj Chandra Bose (1901-1987)
- D.K. Ray-Chaudhuri
- Harish-Chandra (1923-1983)
- C.Radhakrishna Rao
- Gopalasamudram Narayana Iyer Ramachandran (1922-2001)
- Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930-)
- Shakuntala Devi (1939-)
- Vijay Kumar Patodi (1945-1976)
- Narendra Karmarkar (1957-)
- M.V. Subbarao
Musicians / Singers / Dancers - Ravi Shankar : Sitar virtuoso, multiple Grammy winner, mentor to George Harrison
- George Harrison : Musician and member of the Beatles
- Abhijeet, singer
- Alka Yagnik, singer
- Asha Bhosle, singer
- Babul Supriyo
- Balamurali Krishna
- Geeta Dutt, singer
- Hemant Kumar, composer and singer
- Hridaynath Mangeshkar, composer
- Ilayaraja, Famous Tamil Film Songs Composer
- Kannadasan, Famous Tamil Film Songs lyricist
- Kartik Seshadri,Sitarist
- Kavita Krishnamurthy
- Kay Kay, singer
- Kishore Kumar, playback singer, actor
- Lata Mangeshkar, singer
- Mahendra Kapoor, singer
- Manna Dey, singer
- Medha Hari, Bharatanatyam dancer
- MS Subbulakshmi, Classical (Carnatic) Singer
- Mukesh, singer
- Nitin Sawhney, composer
- O.P. Nayyar, composer
- Rahul Dev Burman, composer
- Ravi, composer
- S.D. Burman, composer
- Sadhana Sargam
- Salil Chowdhury, composer
- Suraiya, singer
- Trilok Gurtu, Percussionist
- Yesudas, singer, devotional and film songs, exponent of Carnatic music
Film Producers / Directors
Actors / Actresses
Sports figures Golf Chess Tennis Formula One Racing Cricket - Anil Kumble, Cricket
- Chandu Borde, Cricket
- Javagal Srinath, Cricket
- Kapil Dev, Cricket
- Lakshmipathy Balaji, Cricket
- Mohinder Amarnath, Cricket
- Rahul Dravid, Cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar, Cricket
- Saurav Ganguly, Cricket
- Sunil Gavaskar, Cricket
- Dilip Vengsarkar, Cricket
- Bhagwat_Chandrasekhar, Cricket
- Rohan_Kanhai, Cricket
- Raman Subba Row, Cricket
- Vinoo_Mankad, Cricket
- Lala Amarnath, Cricket
- Vijay_Merchant, Cricket
- CK_Nayudu, Cricket
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Cricket
- Kumar_Shri_Ranjitsinhji, Cricket, Ranji Trophy named in his honour
- Kumar_Shri_Duleepsinhji, Cricket, Duleep Trophy named in his honour
- Muttiah Muralitharan, Cricket, Fast Bowler for Sri Lanka
- V.V.S. Laxman, Cricket
- Shivnarine_Chanderpaul, Cricket, West Indies Captain
- Ramnaresh Sarwan, Cricket, West Indies
- Mahendra_Nagamootoo, Cricket, West Indies
Hockey Badminton Other Sports
Activists - Vandana Shiva : Noted Environmentalist, critic of Globalisation
- Medha Patkar : Noted Environmentalist, Opponent of Narmada Dam
Hindu Proletariat
Others - Chotta Rajan : Underworld kingpin who picked up fight with International Muslim Terrorist and Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim
- Kalpana Chawla : Astronaut
- Varadharajan Mudaliar, known as Vardha Bhai; former prominent underworld kingpin. The Tamil film Nayagan and Hindi film 'Nayakan' (Starring Vinod Khanna, Madhuri Dikshit, Feroz Khan and Tinoo Anand)are based on his life.
- Veerappan, Sandalwood smuggler and forest brigand
[edit] Others who believed in or were influenced by Hinduism - Ralph Waldo Emerson : Author, American Transcendentalist
- Amos Bronson Alcott : Author, American Transcendentalist
- Edwin Arnold : British Poet, Journalist
- David Bohm : American Quantum Physicist
- Niels Bohr : Danish Physicist, Nobel Prize Winner
- Joseph Campbell : American Professor, writer, orator
- Fritjof Capra : Austrian born, American Physicist, author Tao of Physics
- Victor Cousin : French philosopher
- Alain Danielou : French writer
- Paul Deussen : German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar, Influenced by Schopenhauer, friend of Nietzsche and Vivekananda.
- Will Durant : American philosopher and writer
- T. S. Eliot : Anglo-American author, Nobel Prize winner
- Rene Guenon : French philosopher
- Johann Gottfried Herder : German poet, critic, theologian, philosopher,and romanticist
- Herman Hesse : German author, Nobel Prize winner
- Wilhelm von Humboldt : German linguist, government functionary, foreign diplomat, philosopher, founder of Humboldt Universität
- William Jones (philologist): British philologist, discoverer of the Indo-European languages family
- Carl Jung : Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Analytical Psychology
- Herman Melville : American author, poet
- Jules Michelet : French historian
- Yehudi Menuhin : Violinist, exposed many Westerners to Yoga
- Max Muller : German Orientalist, created the discipline of comparative religion
- Friedrich Nietzsche : German philosopher, philologist, Atheist and psychologist
- Pythagoras : Ionian mathematician and philosopher, formulated the Pythagorean theorem
- Robert Oppenheimer : American physicist,Father of the Atomic Bomb
- Romain Rolland : French writer, Nobel Prize Winner
- George William Russell : Irish nationalist, critic and poet
- Carl Sagan : American astronomer, science popularizer, Promoted SETI
- Carlos Santana : Musician
- Arthur Schopenhauer : German Philosopher
- Erwin Schroedinger : Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Albert Schweitzer : German theologian, philosopher, physician, Nobel Prize winner
- George Bernard Shaw : Irish playwright, satirist, vegetarian, Nobel Prize winner
- Huston Smith : Preeminent American religious studies scholars, wrote The Religions of Man
- Isaac Tigrett : Entrepreneur, Founder of Hard_Rock_Cafe
- Leo Tolstoy : Russian novelist, reformer, pacifist, moral thinker, vegetarian
- Arnold Joseph Toynbee : British historian
- Mark Twain : American humorist, writer and lecturer.
- Ludwig van Beethoven : German composer of classical music
- Henry David Thoreau : Author, American Transcendentalist
- Paul Verlaine : French poet
- HG Wells : British Science-Fiction writer, vegetarian
- John Archibald Wheeler : American theoretical physicist
- Alfred North Whitehead : British-American philosopher, physicist and mathematician
- Walt Whitman : American poet and humanist
- William Butler Yeats : Irish poet, dramatist, mystic, public figure, Nobel Prize winner
- Houman Younessi : Iranian-born Australian-American scientist, activist
List of popes(1542):
List of saints (catolicos) (1541):
List of suktas and stutis (1053): This page contains a list of Vedic hymns, known as suktas and stutis.
Suktas
Stutis - Vishnu stuti
- Vayu stuti
- Lakshmi stuti
- Krishna stuti
- Dashavatara stuti
- Shiva stuti
- Nakha stuti
- Durga stuti
- Nrusimha stuti
- Srinivasa stuti
- Sahasrara stuti
- Ramesha stuti
- Vyasa stuti
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