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...momentum beginning in the Bhakti Era wherein prominent personalities like saints Ramananda, Kabir, Ramai Pandit, and Mahima Swami, and several others promul Today, sects such as, Ekasaranas ([[Vaishnava]]), [[Brahmā]] Kumaris (Shaiva), and Dharmthakuris exclusively worship this way.

...aja [[Bhoja]]''', Maharaja Bhoja or Bhojadeva Paramara was an 11th-century Shaiva king of regions comprising parts of Gujarat and [[Dhara]] (Malwa.) He is a [[Category: Hindu saints]]

...Shiva Rahasya [[Purana]]'' are perhaps the oldest scriptures which testify Shaiva beliefs.

|Mainly focuses on the lives of saints and their teachings. |Shaiva

...reenivas </ref> Most Brahmins regularly bowed to Ravidas<ref> P. 86 ''Poet Saints of India'' By Sumita Roy </ref>, accepting him as a true saint. Ramamanda h == Saints ==

...[Hindu saints]]. They not only challenged barriers to become recognized as saints but encouraged Indian Hindus to not accept the caste system as valid, and t Some Śudra saints were even the gurus of kings. This was the case of Dhoyi for Bengali King L

* "Lives of Saints" by Sri Swami Sivananda [[Category:Saints]]

This was started by the Shaiva saint [[Basava]] in Karnataka who advocated that all humans are equal. This ...any backward-caste members among them were the Alwar (Vaishnava), Nayanar (Shaiva) of South India and the Ramananda of North India.

...is [[Shiva]].<ref> Periya Puranam: A Tamil Classic On the Great [[Saiva]] Saints of South India By Swami Sekkizhaar </ref>

...across all borders; not only for a decade or two, but for centuries. Such saints do not direct just a small number of persons but wake up the divine [[consc The penchant of saints for self-abnegation and their aversion to renown and recognition make it di

...Minakshi-Sundareshvarar has been extolled in immortal hymns by the Shaiva saints [[Appar]], Sundarar, Tirujnanasambandhar, and Manikkavachakar, and in the w ...mple. The four figures adorning the eastern side are the four great Shaiva saints Tirujnanasambandhar, Tirunavukkarasar, Sundaramurty Nayanar, and Manikkavac

...demonstrates 2 important things; that they were familiar with their 'gana' Shaiva identity and the affiliation of Uttarakhand to the Guhyaks. ...ef> P. 266 ''An Encyclopaedia of Buddhist [[Deities]], Demigods, Godlings, Saints and Demons: With Special Focus on Iconographic Attributes, Volume 1'' By Fr

There was also Rawan Dev, a Shaiva Kulinda (Kuninda) ruler of Uttarakhand (historically [[Vitala]]-loka.) The ...ef> P. 266 ''An Encyclopaedia of Buddhist [[Deities]], Demigods, Godlings, Saints and Demons: With Special Focus on Iconographic Attributes, Volume 1'' By Fr