Some of the most noteworthy Gurus and Saints of Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism

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Hindu Gurus and Saints

Shankaracharya
	Adi Shankara (788-820 CE), along with Madhva and Ramanuja, was instrumental in the revival of Hinduism.

Mahavir
	Mahavir (599-527 BC), also known as Vardhamana, established core tenets of Jainism. Mahavir was the 24^th and the last Jain sage.

Ramanuja
	Sri Ramanuja Acharya (1017-1137 CE) was great Hindu philosopher and thinker. He is the most venerated Acharya in the philosophy of Sri Vaishnavism.

Gautama Buddha
	Gautama Buddha (563-483 BC) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.

Madhvacharya
	Sri Madhvacharya (1238-1317 CE) was the proponent of Dvaita Vedanta which is also known as Tattvavada - the Philosophy of Reality.

Jhulelal
	Jhulelal Jayanti day is celebrated as Cheti Chand by Sindhi people of Pakistan and India and it is celebrated one day after Ugadi.

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