Vivekananda in Chicago, September 1893.

On the left, Vivekananda wrote: "one infinite pure and holy beyond thought beyond qualities I bow down to thee".

Narendra Nath Datta 12 January 1863 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Born India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India) 4 July 1902 (aged 39) Belur Math, Bengal Presidency, Died British India (now in West Bengal, India) Indian Nationality Belur Math, Ramakrishna Math and Founder of Ramakrishna Mission Ramakrishna Guru Vedanta Philosophy Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Literary Yoga and Jnana Yoga works Swami Ashokananda, Swami Virajananda, Swami Paramananda, Prominent Alasinga Perumal, Swami Disciple(s) Abhayananda, Sister Nivedita, Swami Sadananda Influence on[show] "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached" Quotation (See more quotations in Wikiquote) Signature

Ramakrishna at Dakshineswar

Gadadhar Chattopadhyay 18 February 1836 Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, Born British India (now in West Bengal, India) 16 August 1886 (aged 50) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Died India (now Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Indian Nationality Titles/honours Paramahansa Prominent Swami Vivekananda Disciple(s) He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult Quotation to get, does not attempt to realise God in this very life. Ramakrishna's birthday is observed on Phalgun Shukla Dwitiya as per Hindu lunar calendar

Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak with Bhai Bala and Bhai Mardana and Sikh Gurus Nanak April 15, 1469 Born Ri Bhoi K Talva, Delhi Sultanate (now Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan) September 22, 1539 (aged 70) Died Kartarpur, Mughal India Resting place Kartarpur

(now in Punjab, Pakistan) Years active 1499 -1539 Guru Angad Successor Mata Sulakhani Spouse(s) Baba Sri Chand and Baba Lakhmi Das Children Baba Mehta Kalu and Mata Tripta Parents Guru Nanak is the founder of the religion of Sikhism and is the first of the Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated world-wide on Kartik Puranmashi, the full-moon day which falls on different dates each year in the month of Katak, OctoberNovember.[2] Guru Nanak travelled far and wide teaching people the message of one God who dwells in every one of God's creations and constitutes the eternal Truth.[3] He set up a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternity love, goodness, and virtue.[4][5][6] It is part of Sikh religious belief that the spirit of Guru Nanak's sanctity, divinity and religious authority descended upon each of the nine subsequent Gurus when the Guruship was devolved on to them.[7]

An 1825 CE painting depicts Kabir with a disciple c. 1440 Lahartara near Kashi (present-day Born Varanasi) c. 1518 Died Maghar Occupation Weaver, poet influenced the Bhakti movement, Known for Sikhism, Sant Mat and Kabir Panth

Gautama Buddha

A statue of the Buddha from Sarnath, 4th century CE Between c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE[1] Lumbini (in present-day Nepal)[2] or Born possibly elsewhere c. 483 BCE (aged 80) or 411 and 400 Died BCE

Kushinagar (present-day in Uttar Pradesh, India) Known for Founder of Buddhism Predecessor Kassapa Buddha Successor Maitreya Buddha