Vairagi is a

Hindu Sect Hindu denominations, '' sampradayas'', traditions, movements, and sects are traditions and sub-traditions within Hinduism centered on one or more gods or goddesses, such as Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti and so on. The term ''sampradaya'' is used for bra ...

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Vaishnavism Vaishnavism ( sa, वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism. It is also called Vishnuism since it considers Vishnu as the ...

Celibate Celibacy (from Latin ''caelibatus'') is the state of voluntarily being unmarried, sexually abstinent, or both, usually for religious reasons. It is often in association with the role of a religious official or devotee. In its narrow sense, th ...

Ascetics of Vaishnav Sampradaya are called Vairagi or Bairagi.Brian Duignan, ''Sadhu and swami'', Encyclopædia Britannica
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History

The ''Vairagi'' term was first adopted by vaishnavas of Ramanandi Sampradaya.Gerald James Larson (1995), India's Agony Over Religion, State University of New York Press, , page 116 Later, it became the identity of followers of all four Vaishnava sampradayas.

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{{Reflist Social groups of India Hindu denominations