| Name
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Denominational Affiliation
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Presence
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Founder
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Current Leader
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Goal
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Significance
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| Akhil Bharatiya Satnami Kalyan Samiti
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Vaishnava (Satnami)
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India (Chhattisgarh)
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| Akhil Bharatiya Satnami Samaj
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Vaishnava (Satnami)
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| Akhil Bharatiya Satnami Sadh Samaj Sansth
|
Vaishnava (Satnami)
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| Akonir Namghar
|
Vaishnava
|
India (Assam)
|
Arati Das
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| Amrit Yoga Institute[1]
|
[Non-denominational]
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U.S. (Florida)
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Swami Kripalu
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| Ananda Marga[2]
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar
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Provide spiritual upliftment through Raja Yoga and bhakti.
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| Arya Samaj
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Nirguna Bhakti
|
International
|
Swami Dayananda
|
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Provide spiritual upliftment reliance on Vedas and nirguna bhakti alone.
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| Art of Living Foundation
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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| Advaithashramam Satsangam[3]
|
Vaishnava
|
India (Kerala)
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Swami Chidananda Puri
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This ashram also has its own magazine. It is based on Advaita.
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| Aurobindo Mission[4]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
India
|
Sri Aurobindo
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| Brahma Kumari[5]
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Prajapita Brahma (Lekhraj Kripalani)
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| Brahmo Samaj
|
Nirguna Bhakti
|
International
|
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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| Center for Vedic Culture
|
[Non-denominational]
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| Chinmaya Mission[6]
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati
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Swami Swaroopananda
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| Dayananda Mission
|
Nirguna Bhakti
|
International
|
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| Devashram Trust
|
[Non-denominational]
|
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| Divine Life Society
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Swami Sivananda
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| Divine Light Mission (Sanskrit: Divya Sandesh Parishad)[7]
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Hans Ji Maharaj
|
Prem Pal Singh Rawat
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| Gaudiya Math
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
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| Gaudiya Mission
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Ananta Vasudev Prabhu
|
Bhakti Sundar Sanyasi Maharaj
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| ISKCON
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Srila Prabhupada
|
|
|
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| Kalki Avatar Foundation[8]
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Younus Al-Gohar
|
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| Kartabhaja Sampraday
|
Vaishnava
|
India (West Bengal)
|
Aulechand
|
|
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| Love Serve Remember Foundation
|
Vaishnava
|
U.S.
|
Swami Ramdass[9]
|
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| Matua Mahasangh
|
Vaishnava (Matua)
|
India (West Bengal), Bangladesh
|
Harichand Thakur
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| Nath Panth
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Matsyendranath
|
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| Nilachala Saraswata Sangha
|
Shakta
|
India (Orissa)
|
Swami Nigamananda Paramahans
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| Paramhans Advait Mat[10]
|
Advaita
|
International
|
Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj
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| Panmana Asramam[11]
|
Shaiva
|
India (Kerala)
|
Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai
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This ashram promotes the teachings of Paramabhattara Sree Vidyadhiraja Chattambi Swamigal.
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| Prarthana Samaj
|
[Non-denominational]
|
India
|
Mahadev Govind Ranade
|
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| Radhasoami Satsang Sabha
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Radhasaomi
|
|
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| Ramakrishna Mission
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Vivekanand
|
Swami Smaranananda
|
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| Ramakrishna Order
|
Vaishnava
|
|
Ramakrishna
|
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| Ramana Maharishi Satsangh[12]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
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| Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam
|
Ayyappan
|
India (Kerala)
|
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| Sadhu Vaswani Mission[13]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Sadhu T.L. Vaswani
|
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| Sanatan Raksha Trust
|
[Non-denominational]
|
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| Sanatan Trust
|
[Non-denominational]
|
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| Sant Shri Narayan Sai Lokseva Trust
|
Vaishnava
|
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| Satguru Kabir Gurusaheb Foundation
|
Vaishnava
|
India
|
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| Science of Spirituality
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
|
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| Shankaracharya Mat
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Shankaracharya
|
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| Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust
|
Shaiva
|
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| Sree Dharma Paripalana Yogam
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Sree Narayana Guru
|
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| Sree Ram Dasa Mission[14]
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Sree Narayana Guru
|
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|
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| Shrimad Rajchandra Mission[15]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Pujya Gurudevshri
|
Pujya Gurudevshri
|
|
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| Sanatan Raksha Trust
|
[Non-denominational]
|
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| Sathya Sai Organization[16]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Sathya Sai Baba
|
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| School of Bhagavad Gita[17]
|
Vaishnava
|
India
|
Swami Sandeepananda Giri
|
Swami Sandeepananda Giri
|
|
Preaches the Bhagavad Gita.
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| Self-Realization Fellowship[18]
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Paramahansa Yogananda
|
Brother Chidananda
|
|
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| Shanti Ashram[19]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
India (Assam)
|
Swami Nigamananda
|
|
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| Shripuram[20]
|
|
India
|
|
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It created both printed and digital publications, mainly devotional material.
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| Siddha Yoga Dham Associates
|
Shaiva
|
International
|
Shree Muktananda
|
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda
|
|
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| Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam[21]
|
Shaiva
|
India
|
Sree Narayana Guru
|
|
|
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| Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham[22]
|
Shaiva
|
India
|
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| Sree Narayana Gurudharma Trust[23]
|
Shaiva
|
India
|
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| Sree Narayana Vidya Bhavan[24]
|
Shaiva
|
India
|
|
|
|
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| Sree Narayana Viswa Dharma Madom[25]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
India
|
|
|
|
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| Sri Rama Chandra Mission[26]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
India
|
Shri Ram Chandraji
|
|
|
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| Sri Tridandi Dev Vedic Sansthanam
|
[Non-denominational]
|
|
|
|
|
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| Swadhyaya Parivar
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Dadaji (Pandurang Shastri Athavale)
|
|
|
|
| Swaminarayan Sampradaya[27]
|
Vaishnava
|
International
|
Swami Sahajanand
|
Acharya Maharaj shree Koshalendraprasadji (Ahmedabad), Acharya Maharaj shree Ajendraprasadji (Vadtal)
|
|
|
| Transcendental Meditation[28]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
International
|
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
|
|
|
|
| Uttar Vrindava Mitola
|
Vaishnava
|
India (Uttarakhand)
|
Sri Yashoda Ma
|
|
|
|
| Vishwa Jagriti Mission[29]
|
[Non-denominational]
|
|
Sudhanshu Ji Maharaj
|
|
|
|
| Vitragvani[30]
|
Jain
|
India (Maharashtra)
|
Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami
|
Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami
|
|
|
| Vivekanand Kendra
|
[Non-denominational]
|
India
|
Eknath Ranade
|
|
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