Poet-saints and Religious Figures
- Akhaṇḍānanda Sarasvatī, scholar of Vedanta, Bhakti and Bhagavata Purana in 20th century, Varanasi
- Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Vaishnava scholar and Sanskrit commentator on the Prasthanatrayi, Jaunpur
- Rāmānanda, founder of the Rāmānandī sect, Prayag
- Sant Ravidas, poet and Saint, Varanasi
- Shiv Dayal Singh, Guru Maharaj of Radhasoamis, Agra
- Shriram Sharma Acharya, founder Gayatri Parivar, Mathura
- Surdas was a blind Hindu poet, sant and musician
- Svāmīnārāyaṇa, founder of the Swaminarayan sect, Gonda
- Svāmī Karapātrī, teacher of Advaita popularly known as Dharma Samrat, Gorakhpur
- Tulasīdāsa, composer of the Ramcharitmanas, Banda
- Mira
- Raskhan
- Malik Mohammad Jayasi
- Devraha Baba, Yogi Allahabad
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