Female Gurus and Saints
- Gargi Vachaknavi - A female Rishi who challenged Yajnavalkya on questions relating to the human soul.
- Lopamudra - Wife of Sage Agastya
- Andal - A 8th century Tamil saint-poet and one of the twelve Alvars.
- Karaikkal Ammeiyar - A 6th century Tamil saint-poet, one of the sixty three Nayanmars
- Mangayarkkarasiyar - A Pandya Queen, wife of King Nedumaranan, one of the sixty three Nayanmars
- Isaignaniyaar - A Tamil saint-poet, one of sixty three Nayanmars
- Avvaiyar - A Sangam period Tamil saint-poet, ethicist, social reformer.
- Akka Mahadevi - A prominent figure and Kannada poet of the 12th century Veerashaiva Bhakti movement.
- Mirabai – Hindu mystical poet and a devotee of Krishna whose bhajans are sung all over India.
- Lalleshwari – Hindu saint-poetess, and a mystic of the Kashmiri Shaivites.
- Bahinabai and Kanhopatra: Hindu poetess-saints of the Varkari sect of Maharashtra. Kanhopatra was a courtesan and dancing-girl by profession
- Sarada Devi – Wife of the saint Ramakrishna and revered as an embodiment of the Divine Mother
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