Gorakshanath is considered a Maha-Yogi (or great Yogi) in the Hindu tradition. He did not emphasize a specific metaphysical theory or a particular Truth but emphasized that the search for Truth and the spiritual life is a valuable and normal goal of man. Gorakshanath championed Yoga, spiritual discipline, and ethical life of self-determination as a means to reaching Samadhi and one’s own spiritual truths. Gorakshanath, his ideas, and Yogis have been highly popular in rural India, with monasteries and temples dedicated to him found in many states of India, particularly in the eponymous city of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Gorakshanath is considered a Maha-Yogi (or great Yogi) in the Hindu tradition. He did not emphasize a specific metaphysical theory or a particular Truth but emphasized that the search for Truth and the spiritual life is a valuable and normal goal of man. Gorakshanath championed Yoga, spiritual discipline, and ethical life of self-determination as a means to reaching Samadhi and one’s own spiritual truths. Gorakshanath, his ideas, and Yogis have been highly popular in rural India, with monasteries and temples dedicated to him found in many states of India, particularly in the eponymous city of Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the religious book, “Navnath Bhaktisar,” Navnath Saints defeated the deities like Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, Indra, Hanuman, Ashtabhairava, and others.
They were so knowledgeable, and powerful that they all had become the “Masters of all Mantras”.
“Navnath” were the incarnations of “Lord Vishnu”. They took birth as human beings for human well-being and to spread the knowledge of “Yoga Vidya” in the world.
According to Navnath Bhaktisar, in greater Bengal, Macchindranath was moving from one place to another soliciting alms. While doing so he reached the same village where he had given some ash to a lady named Saraswati. He went to her house. “Jay Allakh Niranjan!” saying this asked for alms. When the lady came out he asked her name. “Long ago I had given you some holy ash, I hope you consumed it! You must have delivered a boy, so where is he? He must be twelve years old now,” he said. The lady got scared and told him, “Due to fear I threw it near the garbage place. What should I do now? I have committed a sin!”

Macchindranath asked her to show the place where she had thrown the ash. She showed him the place which was at one corner of the yard where there was a heap of garbage and cow dung. He remembered that the incarnation of Hari Narayana was going to happen from Gorakhsha – A birth in a labyrinth situation.

O Great Guru, I am here