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	The [[Sikh Gurus]] undoubtedly were very important in propounding the tenets of Sikhism. [[Thomas the Apostle\|Thomas]], one of the twelve disciples of [[Jesus]], is believed to have preached and finally died in India. Saint [[Francis Xavier]] also developed a [[Jesuit]] missionary method that left a significant impression upon the missionary history of India.		The [[Sikh Gurus]] undoubtedly were very important in propounding the tenets of Sikhism. [[Thomas the Apostle\|Thomas]], one of the twelve disciples of [[Jesus]], is believed to have preached and finally died in India. Saint [[Francis Xavier]] also developed a [[Jesuit]] missionary method that left a significant impression upon the missionary history of India.

	Jesus of Nazareth may have had spiritual training or influences from South Asian spiritual thought. A school of thought believes Jesus escaped the Roman empire to Kashmir.<ref>[[Jesus in India (book)]]</ref><ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DXCZFRsyl8 \|title=Jesus in Kashmir,India(BBC Documentary)-1 \|publisher=YouTube \|date=2006-12-16 \|accessdate=2012-02-14}}</ref>		Jesus of Nazareth may have had spiritual training or influences from South Asian spiritual thought. A school of thought believes Jesus escaped the Roman empire to Kashmir.<ref>[[Jesus in India (book)]]</ref><ref>{{cite web\|author= \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DXCZFRsyl8 \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/9DXCZFRsyl8 \|archive-date=2021-12-15 \|url-status=live\|title=Jesus in Kashmir,India(BBC Documentary)-1 \|publisher=YouTube \|date=2006-12-16 \|accessdate=2012-02-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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'''[[India]]''' has been home to a large number of religious thinkers and spiritualists. The most important of such religious thinkers include [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], [[Guru Nanak]], and [[Guru Nanak Dev|Mahavira]]. Buddha and Guru Nanak were the founders of the Buddhist and Sikh religions respectively. Mahavira was the last [[Tirthankara|Jain Tirthankara]].

==Hinduisum social reformers==
*[[Adi Shankaracharya]]
*[[Ramanujacharya]]
*[[Madhvacharya]]
*[[Vedanta Desika]]
*[[Manavala Mamuni]]
*[[Ayya Vaikundar]] – Initiator of [[Ayyavazhi]]; Social reformer.
*[[Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]
*[[Ramakrishna]]
*[[Ram Mohan Roy]] – Initiator of the [[Brahmo Samaj]] movement, which aimed at developing a universal religion in the nineteenth century.
*[[Dayananda Saraswati|Swami Dayananda]] – Founder of the [[Arya Samaj]].
*[[Swami Vivekananda]] – A disciple of [[Ramakrishna]], he started the [[Ramakrishna Mission]], a monastic movement with great stress on humanitarian work.
*[[Sri Aurobindo]] – [[Yoga]] guru, who proposed yogic [[tantra]]s to attain divine bliss.
*Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi–[[Hindu]] Spiritual teacher, authentic authority on [[Hinduism]], pioneer in [[Ram Janmabhumi]] movement and founder of [[Hindu Aikya Vedi]]
*[[Sri Narayana Guru]] – Social reformer who worked for the upliftment of people from the lower caste in [[Kerala]].

Other important figures include [[Basava]], [[Rabindranath Tagore]], [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]] and others

==Islam==
*[[Moinuddin Chishti]] – founder of the [[Chishti Order]] in India.
*[[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]]– important scholar of Islamic [[aqidah]] and [[fiqh]], best known for his work in [[tasawwuf]], [[tafsir]], [[Hadith studies]], and [[Islamic law]].
*[[Nizamuddin Auliya]]– important scholar and Sufi [[murshid]] of the [[Chishti Order]]
*[[Fariduddin Ganjshakar]] – Another Sufi [[murshid]] of the [[Chishti Order]] whose teachings have also been included in Sikhism.
*[[Amir Khusro]] – Sufi poet, and disciple of [[Nizamuddin Auliya]], he is credited with being the founder of both Hindustani classical music and Qawwali (the devotional music of the Sufis).
*[[Ahmad Sirhindi]] – a prominent propagator of the [[Naqshbandi]] Sufi order in India.
*[[Syed Ahmed Khan]]
*[[Mirza Ghulam Ahmad]]
*[[Muhammad Iqbal]]
*[[Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi]]– important Islamic scholar, Sufi, jurist, and theologian; founder of the [[Barelvi]] movement.
*[[Malik Deenar]]– one of the first known propagators of Islam in India; is buried in [[Thalangara]], [[Kerala]].

Other important figures include [[Ali Hujwiri]], the five founders of the [[Deobandi]] movement, and [[Akbar]]. Additionally, the [[Imamate in Nizari doctrine|Imamate]] of the [[Nizari Ismaili]] community is based in [[Gujarat]] (although the [[Aga Khan IV|current Agha Khan]] lives in Britain).

==Zoroastrianism==
*[[Dadabhai Naoroji]] - Also regarded as one of the most important freedom fighter of the country.

==Other important thinkers==
The [[Sikh Gurus]] undoubtedly were very important in propounding the tenets of Sikhism. [[Thomas the Apostle|Thomas]], one of the twelve disciples of [[Jesus]], is believed to have preached and finally died in India. Saint [[Francis Xavier]] also developed a [[Jesuit]] missionary method that left a significant impression upon the missionary history of India.

Jesus of Nazareth may have had spiritual training or influences from South Asian spiritual thought. A school of thought believes Jesus escaped the Roman empire to Kashmir.<ref>[[Jesus in India (book)]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DXCZFRsyl8 |title=Jesus in Kashmir,India(BBC Documentary)-1 |publisher=YouTube |date=2006-12-16 |accessdate=2012-02-14}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Religion in India]]

==Notes==
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