Bairagi

Bairagi or Vairagi may refer to:

• Vairagya, asceticism in Indian religions
  • Sannyasa, renunciation in Hinduism
    • Celibate Ascetics (Vairagi), in the Vaishnava sect of Hinduism
      • Bairagi (caste), a section of Hindus Brahmins
  • Bairagi (ascetics), a generic term for Hindu ascetics
  • Swami, a term for Hindu ascetics, also a surname of the Bairagi caste
• Bairagi (raga), an Indian classical raga

People

• Bairagi Jena, Indian politician, a Member of Parliament from Odisha
• Bairagi Dwibedy, Indian politician, a Member of Parliament from Odisha
• Banda Bairagi or Banda Singh, name of the Sikh warrior when he was a vairagi
• Balkavi Bairagi, Indian poet and lyricist in Hindi and Malvi
• Chand Ram Bairagi, Indian athlete
• Hathiram Bhavaji, a Hindu devotee at Tirupati, India
• Nanua Bairagi, Indian mystic
• Ram Prasad Bairagi, Indian freedom fighter

See also

• Vairagyam, 1987 Indian film directed by K. Vijayan
• Vairagya Shatakam, a work of Sanskrit poetry from ancient India
• Lohgarh, Banda Bairagi, capital of Banda Bairagi or Banda Singh
• Bairagia, a village in Bhola District of Bangladesh

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