According to legend, 5-year-old Kabir Saheb claimed Ramanand as his guru, despite being from a low-caste weaver family. This encounter led to Ramanand abandoning his practice of untouchability.

Ramananda (born c. 1400—died c. 1470) was a North Indian Brahman (priest), held by his followers (Ramanandis) to be fifth in succession in the lineage of the philosopher-mystic Ramanuja.

Ramananda was born at Allahabad and had South Indian parentage. he studied scriptures at a very young age and was a disciple of Raghavananda, an ascetic of the Sri Vaishnava order.

The founder of the R?manandis, a sect of Vaishnava Hinduism, Ramananda was part of the medieval Hindu devotional movement (thirteenth to seventeenth centuries) in North India, when focus moved …

It was through his benevolent blessings that Swami Shri Ramanand Das Ji Maharaj embraced Acharya Satyanarayan Das Ji into the Vaishnav tradition. His life is a living embodiment of the teachings and …

Jagadguru Swami Ramananda (IAST: Rāmānanda) or Ramanandacharya was an Indian 14th-century Hindu Vaishnava devotional poet saint, who lived in the Gangetic basin of northern India. The Hindu …

RAMANANDA (1300-1410?), promoter of Vaishnav Bhakti in North India and founder of the Bairagi sect of anchorites, was born at Prayaga (Allahabad) in a Kanyakubja Brahman family.

Saint Ramanand [1400 – 1476], also known as Swami Ramananda, was a Hindu Vaishnava born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, who lived in the holy city of Varanasi and pioneered the Bhakti devotional …

According to legend, 5-year-old Kabir Saheb claimed Ramanand as his guru, despite being from a low-caste weaver family. This encounter led to Ramanand abandoning his practice of untouchability.

Ramananda (1299-1410) was a Vaishnava saint who had also been known as Saint Ramanand and Swami Ramanand. He is credited for bringing the Ramanandi sect back to life.