List of Dalits

List Of Dalits

Following is a List of Dalits.

• Acharya Harikeshi, A famous Jain Acharya, disciple of Lord Mahavir, the 24th Jain Teerthankar
• Sant Anayar Nayanar, cowherder
• Sant Atipattar Nayanar, fisherman
• Sant Banka Mahar, Mahar
• Sant Bhagu, a devotee of Krishna
• Sant Binu, a Bengali Tantrik sage
• Sant Chokha Mela, Mahar. He lived at Mangalvedha in Maharashtra. He wrote many Abhangas devoted to Krishna.
• Sant Damajipanth, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu
• Sant Devi Das, a Chamar disciple of Jagjivan Das
• Sant Dhanna Chamar, Chamar (cobbler)
• sant Guru Ghasidas baba from chhattisgarh.
• Sant Jiwan Das, Chamar
• Sant Kaliar Nayanar
• Sant Kanho or Kanhopatra, Mahar dancer, devotee of Vishnu
• Sant Kapinjalada, Chandala, according to Mahabharata
• Sant Karmamelam, Mahar, devotee of Vishnu
• Sant Kurmadas, devotee of Vishnu
• Sant Madara Dhulayya
• Sant Malamat Shah, Chamar
• Sant Nanhadas, a devotee of Rama and Sant Ramanand's disciple
• Sant Nandanar (Nanthanaar), Athanuur, devotee of Shiva, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints. Chidambaram, the main place where Nandanar practiced austerities is now a place where backward castes have their own ashrams and recite the Upanishads in Sanskrit (Sastri, P. 3 Hindu Feasts, Fasts & Ceremonies).
• Sant Nirmala, Mahar
• Sant Prabhu Bajyar,(Mochi-Chamar julaha)(1918–1971) Vill; Jhamba, P.o- Sanoli,Panipat, Haryana, Devotee of Lord Krishna, recognised as the man of best integrity, word and character by all castes, recipient of Exempelary Character Certificate from British Indian army
• Sant Parshuram, from Chhattisgarh
• Sant Prasanna, Bengali, devotee of Durga Maa disciple of Kalachand
• Sant Purnananda, became recognized as a Brahmana
• Sant Rohidas or Ravidas, Chamar member, the Guru of Mirabai. He is said to have taken up his family job of shoe-making and supplied shoes top ascetics. "My caste is low, my lineage is low, and mean is my birth. I have taken shelter, King Rama, says Ravidas the cobbler" (p. 659, Guru Granth Sahib). His disciples are the Ravidasis. He was a disciple of Ramananda, claimed by Harijans to be their master (Singh, P. 98 Leadership Patterns and Village Structure)
• Sant Sadna, butcher
• Sant Sakhubai, devotee of Vishnu
• Sant Sarwan Dass, a follower of Ravi Das
• Sant Satyakam Jabali
• Sant Shatakopa, Kanjar (prostitute) Alwar devotee, Yamuna Muni declared, "I touch my feet at the holy feet of Shatakopa" (P. 87, Gita Darshan as Bhakti Yoga, as a Chaitanyite Reads it)
• Sant Soyarabai, Sant Chokha Mela's wife
• Sant Tirukkurippu Tondar Nayanar
• Sant Tirumalisai, an Alvar Vaishnava saint
• Sant Tiru Nalai Povar Nayanar
• Sant Tiru Nilakanta Nayanar, potter, devotee of Shiva
• Sant Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints
• Sant Tiru Panazhwar
• Sant Tiruvalluvar, one of 63 Nayanar Shaivite saints, wrote the Tirukkural
• Sant Umaid Ram Maharaj, Bhangi, Rajasthani. He was born on the Hindu month of Miskar (November–December) in the Hindu year 1865 on Thursday in Jodhpur. He was a medicant. His successors were Sukaram Maharaj, Deepa Ram Maharaj and the present-day Mangi Ram Maharaj.