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This is a partial list of notable people who have been claimed, either by themselves or by their followers, to be Kalki, the tenth avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
Claimants[edit | edit source]
- Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, founder of Ahmadiyya movement, claimed to be the Kalki Avatar, as well Mahdi.[1]
- In the Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼu'lláh is identified as Kalki as well as the prophesied redeeming messenger of God at the end of the world, as claimed in the Bábí religion, Judaism (Mashiach), Christianity (Messiah), Islam (Masih and Mahdi), Buddhism (Maitreya), Zoroastrianism (Shah Bahram), and other religions.[2][3][4]
- Various Muslim missionaries in South Asia – such as Siddiq Hussain of Shia sect of Islam – seeking to convert Hindus to their sect of Islam; they either claimed themselves to be Kalki, or claimed that "all" the Shia Imams were Kalki, or claimed Muhammad was Kalki.[5][6]
- Kalki Bhagavan, born Vijaykumar Naidu, born on 7 March 1949, founder of Oneness University.[7]
- Samael Aun Weor, founder of the Universal Christian Gnostic Movement.[8]
- Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi of Kalki Avatar Foundation.[9]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Juergensmeyer, Mark (2006). Oxford Handbook of Global Religions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-19-513798-9. ISBN (Ten digit): 0195137981.
- ↑ Effendi, Shoghi. God Passes By. Baha'i Publishing Trust. p. 94.
- ↑ Bassuk, Daniel E. (1987). Incarnation in Hinduism and Christianity: The Myth of the God-Man. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-1-349-08642-9.
- ↑ Robertson, John M. (2012). Tough Guys and True Believers: Managing authoritarian men in the psychotherapy room. Routledge. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-1-136-81774-8.
- ↑ Robinson, R.; Clarke, S. (2003). Religious Conversion in India: Modes, motivations, and meanings. Oxford University Press. pp. 44, 108–113. ISBN 978-0-19-566329-7.
- ↑ Sikand, Y. (2004). Muslims in India Since 1947: Islamic perspectives on inter-faith relations. Taylor & Francis. pp. 162–171. ISBN 978-1-134-37825-8.
- ↑ Lewis, James R.; Tollefsen, Inga B. (2004). The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements. Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 409. ISBN 9780190611521.
- ↑ "Who is Samael Aun Weor?". Samael.org. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ↑ Sikand, Yoginder (2008). Pseudo-messianic movements in contemporary Muslim South Asia. Global Media Publications. p. 100.