Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu are said to be the first teachers while Veda Vyasa, the author

of Mahabharata, is said to be the first human teacher. This is the reason his birth day is celebrated in remembrance of Gurus (Vyasa Purnima is called Guru Purnima).

Guru: Sandipani, Parashuraam, and Vishwaamitra

Guru Guru

Sishya: Krishn, Karn, Balram Guru: Swaminarayan Shishya: Paramhans

to the ultimate test through 114 trials. Some of those challenging trials were: eating only a single ball of tasteless food each day, sitting in cold water during winter, abstaining from all forms of food tastes (Khattaa), to walk barefoot, to refrain from using any means of transport, like bullock cart, etc, to abstain from talking while eating, to engage in doing Bhajan, to abstain from further sleep once one has got up, to be fearless on seeing ghosts, thieves or a lion; to eat raw, uncooked grains, etc. Some of these trials lasted for months and still the Paramhans did not flinch or resign from the Lord's word.

Guru : Vashista.
Sishya: Lord Rama Guru: Viswamitra also taught few important mantras to Lord Rama.

Guru: Alara Kalama

Shishya: Gautam Buddha
described as one born with eight different deformities of the body (two feet, two knees, two hands, the chest and the head). In Sanskrit, Avakra means "one having eight bends"

Guru: Rishi Ashtavakra He is

A line, about Rishi Vashisht. Rishi Vashisht is one of the Sapta Rishis (Seven Sages) Vasishta, Agasthya, Kaushika, Sukara, Narada and others. Rishi Vashisht is son of Brahma, the creator. One day, Ashtavakra decided to show the others how Janakas devotion to learning, was far superior than theirs. As Janaka walked in late one day, Ashtavakra started the lecture saying that he was seeing a vision of Mithila (the capital city where Janaka was ruling) going down in flames that very moment, due to a random fire. After hearing this, all the other disciples panicked and rushed back home to protect their possessions and their families. On the other hand, Janaka, calmly came and sat down for the lecture. When Ashtavakra questioned him as to why he did not run to protect his belongings from his palace, he said The only thing that is worth protecting and preserving is learning. Everything else is just material illusion.

Guru: God Sun(Surya Devta) Shishya: Lord Hanuman

Guru: Sukracharya Shishya: Ravana and Mahabali

Guru : Parshuram Parshurama's well known students were : 1. Bhishma - The son of Goddess Ganga. 2 Guru: Drona, the teacher of the Student: Pandus and Kurus. 3 Karna. the great warrior of Mahabharat Parashurama was the guru of both Bheeshma (Devavrata) and Dronacharya. Also, the Sudarshan chakra (or Sudarshan Vidya) is said to be given by Parashurama to Lord Krishna.

Guru: Govinda Bhagavatpada

Shishya: ADI SHANKARA THE EXISTENCE OF VEDIC DHARMA IN INDIA TODAY IS DUE TO SANKARA

Guru: Dronacharya Shishya: Arjuna in the indian classic epic Mahabaratha, where Guru Dronacharya takes acute interest in his favourate sishya Arjuna and promises to make him the best warrior of his time.
Shishya: Eklavya and is also famous for the dedication of a Shishya who adored a guru and could sacrifice his life by cutting off his right thumb as a gift to his Guru, whats interesting in this episode of Maharabaratha is the fact that Eklavya was never a formal student of Guru Dronacharya nor did Dronacharya teach him archery.

Guru: Krishna

Shishya: Arjuna , where Krishna is both a friend and a Guru for Arjuna in Mahabaratha. Bhagavad Gita is the holy script which is essentially teachings of Krishna to his Shishya Arjuna.

Guru: Vyasa had five disciples: Vaishampayana, Jaimini, Paila, Sumantu and his own son Shuka. After completing the study of the Mahabharata, they published their own versions of the epic, (Adi Parva, 1.1.63, 1.57.73-75) perhaps on Vyasas instructions. The legend goes that Vyasa trashed them all except the one written by Vaishampayana and one Parvathe Ashvamedhaparvaby Jaimini.

Guru: Chanakya Shishya: ChandraGupt

Guru Ravidas

Shishya: Kabir

Guru: Jadu Bhatta and Madhu-vocal music teacher Shishya: Rabindranath Tagore

Shishya: Pt. Bhimsen joshi Hundasthani Classical Music Vocal In a true guru shishya tradition Pt. Bhimsen joshi stayed at the residence of Guru : Sawai Gandharva gleaning knowledge of music whenever he coud, while serving his Guru by performing oddjobs at his Gurus residence.

Guru : Pandit Bholanath Prasanna of Varanasi. Shishya: Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Hundasthani Classical Music Flute Guru: Master Dhanraj Shishya: AR Rahman (Allahrakka Rahman)

Shishya: Pt. Birju Maharaj Indian Classical Dance Kathak

Pt. Birju Maharaj is from a family of noted exponents, Jagannath Maharaj, also known as Acchan Maharaj of Lucknow Gharana, served as court dancer in Raigarh princely state. Pt. Birju Maharaj was trained by his uncles Guru: Lachhu Maharaj and Shambhu Maharaj. His first public performance was at the age of seven.

Guru: Late Ali Baksh 'Vilayattu', a shehnai player attached to Varanasi's Vishwanath Temple. Shishya: Bismillah Khan, He was awarded Indias highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician after M. S. Subbulakshmi and Ravi Shankar to be accorded this distinction.

Guru: Carnatic music under the tutelage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and subsequently in Hindustani music under Pandit Narayanrao Vyas. She also learned Sanskrit and Telugu under Dr. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. Shishya: Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi , She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor

Guru : Thottam Shankaran Namboodiripad, one of the greatest Kathakali performers the country has produced. Shishya-father of modern Indian dance Uday Shankar

Political guru : Gopal Krishna Gokhale.

Shishya: Mahatma Gandhi Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the pioneers of the Indian national movement. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. Guru: Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das Shishya: Subhash Chandra Bose. Chittaranjan Das was an Indian politician and leader of the Swaraj Party in Bengal under British rule.

Guru: Ramakrishna Shishya: Vivekananda Swami

He was the chief disciple of the 19th century saint and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. Guru: Tatya Tope

Shishya: Rani Lakshmi Bai

Guru: Dadoji Konddev Gochivde. He was a disciplined personnel in the Maratha Army, so only Shahaji appointed Dadoji as the guardian for
Shishya: Shivaji since his childhood.

Guru: Deenanath Mangeshkar Shishya: Lata Mangeshkar

Latabai Mangeshkar was born on 28th September, 1929, at Sikh Mohalla, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Asha Bhosle

Guru: APJ Abdul Kalam was Nair's best guru

Shishya: Madhavan Nair G.

G. Madhavan Nair is the former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation and Secretary to the Department of Space, Government of India since September 2003

Son and disciple of the Sarod superstar Guru: Nanneh Khan

Shishya and Guru: Ustad Haafiz Ali Khan- was an Indian Sarod player
Shsihya: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan-is an Indian classical musician who plays the Sarod.Khan received the Padma Shri in 1975,
the Padma Bhushan in 1991,
the Padma Vibhushan in 2001, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1989 the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for 2011.

Amjad Ali Khan & Ayaan and Aman Keluchara n Mahapatra & Sanjyukta Panigrahi

Pt. Ravi Shankar & Anoushka Shankar

M.L Vasantha Kumari & Sudha Raghunathan

Guru: Ramakant Achrekar Coach of Shishya: Sachin Tendulkar : The True Dronacharya

Ramakant Achrekar started playing Cricket 1943 and started playing club cricket for New Hind Sports Club in 1945. He played only one first class match for allIndia State Bank against Hyderabad in the Moin-ud-Dowla tournament during 1963-64.This is not what he is renowned for but who he coached and how they are

Guru: Barry John & Shishya: Manoj Bajpayee - Manoj Bajpayee joined renowned theatre guru Barry John, who mentored him and helped Manoj become a highly acclaimed actor and carve a niche for himself. Shishya: Shahrukh khan

Guru: Buddhadev Banerjee Student: Saurav Ganguly

Guru: Dave O'Meara. Shishya: Leander Adrian Paes

Guru: C.G.Krishna Bhupathi (father) Shishya: Mahesh Shrinivas Bhupathi

Guru: Shiamak Davar Shishya: Shahid Kapoor, Ruslan Mumtaz, Shubh and child actor Darsheel Safary Guru: Amir Khan Shishya: Imran Khan

Guru : Anand Kumar

Shishya : Suresh Ram Anand Kumar, the teacher who runs Super 30, an IIT coaching center and Suresh Ram, his prodigious student who studied

Shishya: Saina Nehwal started her badminton training under the apt guidance of Guru: S.M. Arif, who was a Dronacharya Awardee. She is currently coached by Indonesian badminton legend Atik Jauhari along with former all England champion and national coach Pullela Gopichand as her mentor. Shishya: Viswanathan Anand: Guru: MotherSusheela Iyer. She was a housewife as well as an influential socialite.

In Part One of his Heroes, Shishya: Shah Rukh Khan pays tribute to his father as the most important hero of my life. Guru: "Taj Mohammed Khan" Named as one of the youngest freedom fighters for India at the time

Guru: K R Banerjee Shishya: M. S. Dhoni

Guru: Rajkumar Sharma Shishya: Virat Kohli