Great Hindu Saints

Ved Vyasa

Hindu religion is having as many as 330 millions gods. It is a religion which was not propelled by any prophet. It is believed to be eternal. Its holy books of which main are Vedas, Upnishadas and Puranas are main are not written by any one. They are the samhitas or collections of the teachings and experiences of the saints who got enlightenment.

There were so many saints in Hindu religion. It is very difficult to name every saint here as saints in Hindu religion were having a tendency of remaining unknown to the public as they were having a belief that when they will come in contact of general public and get associated with them there is a chance of their falling or getting falsified. Moreover after getting enlightenment they got free from all the desires and so they remain silent and kept themselves away from the public.

Here are some main saints of Hindu religion.

Devrishi  Narad

4 Kumars  Sanat, Sanatan Sanadan and Sanat kumar

Sapat Rishi  there is difference in the names of the sapat rishis, which is due to the Manvantra.

First Manvantra (Svayambhua)

Marichi

Atri

Angirus

Pulaha

Pulastya

Kratu

Vashishtha

Vashishtha

Seventh Manvantra (present day Manvantra or Vaivasvata)

Atri

Kashyap

Vashishtha

Vishavamitra

Gautama

Jamadagni

Bharadwaja

Besides sapatrishis there are numerous other prominenet rishis. A few of them are.

Agastaya , Ashtavakra,Atharvan Aurava,

Bhrigu, Bhringi

Chayavan

Dadhichi ,Devala, Durvasa

Garga

Jahnu, Jaimini

Kanva, Kapila, Kadram

Markandaya

Nachiketa

Sandipani, Shringi

Vaisampayana, Valmiki Vyasa and

Yajanvalkya

These all are Vedic rishis. Some great saints took birth in the modern age, list of todays grat saint will be published in my next blog.