Vairagi, also spelt Bairagi, is a Hindu sect who follow Vaishnavism. Celibate ascetics of Vaishnav Sampradaya are called Vairagi or Bairagi.Brian Duignan, Sadhu and swami, Encyclopædia BritannicaRichard Burghart, Wandering Ascetics of the Rāmānandī Sect, p.374, History of Religions Vol. 22, No. 4, Devotional Religion in India (May, 1983), The University of Chicago PressGerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press, , page 116Ramdas Lamb (2008), Theory and Practice of Yoga (Editor: Knut A Jacobsen), Motilal Banarsidass, , pages 317-330 The Bairagis were Vaishnavite mendicants who venerated Rama or Krishna.Singh, Abha. “SATNAMIS OR SADHS: CHANGING IDENTITY OF THE SATNAMIS OF NARNAUL.” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 61, 2000, pp. 505–06. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44148127. Accessed 6 May 2026.
History
The Vairagi term was first adopted by vaishnavas of Ramanandi Sampradaya. Later, it became the identity of followers of all four Vaishnava sampradayas.
See also Bairagi Brahmin (caste) Bairagi (raga)
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