Mahant Avaidyanath
Mahant Avaidyanath (born Kripal Singh Bisht, 28 May 1921 – 12 September 2014) was an Indian politician and Hindu preacher. He was the Mahant (chief priest) of Gorakhnath Temple, succeeding his guru Digvijay Nath. He was also a politician of the Hindu Mahasabha and, later Bharatiya Janata Party, being elected to the Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur four times. He played an important role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. He was the mentor and guru of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
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Mahant
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Gorakhnath Temple
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Digvijay Nath
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Hindu Mahasabha
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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Lok Sabha
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Gorakhpur
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Ram Janmabhoomi
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Uttar Pradesh
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Yogi Adityanath
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Mahant Avaidyanath
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1921-05-28T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
28 May 1921
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2014-09-12T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
12 September 2014
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member of political party
head of government