Goswami
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Goswami is an Indian surname and honorific title{{Citation |last=Bond |first=N. |title=Exploring pilgrimage and religious heritage tourism experiences. |date=January 2015 |work=Religious tourism and pilgrimage management: an international perspective |pages=118–129 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781780645230.0118 |access-date=2024-09-28 |place=UK |publisher=CABI |doi=10.1079/9781780645230.0118 |isbn=978-1-78064-523-0|url-access=subscription }} used by Brahmins{{Cite book |last=Pushtimarg |url=https://archive.org/stream/Pushtimarg/APrestigiousPathToGraceClassModernityAndFemaleReligiosityInPustimargVaisnavism_djvu.txt |title=Pushtimarg |pages=v}}{{Cite journal |last=Saha |first=Shandip |date=2004-01-01 |title=Creating a Community of Grace: A History of the Pusti Marga in Northern and Western India (1493-1905) |url=https://www.academia.edu/9013858 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies}}{{Cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32182/page/n135/mode/1up?view=theater |title=A History Of Dasnami Naga Sanyasis |pages=110}} and Hindu ascetics.{{Cite journal |last=Giri |first=Madhu |date=2019-12-22 |title=Cultural Crisis of Caste Renouncer: A Study of Dasnami Sanyasi Identity in Nepal |url=https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/mef/article/view/33588 |journal=Molung Educational Frontier |volume=9 |pages=91–108 |doi=10.3126/mef.v9i0.33588 |issn=2542-2596|doi-access=free }}{{Cite book |last=Bayly |first=C. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfo3AAAAIAAJ |title=Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770-1870 |date=1988-05-19 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-31054-3 |language=en}} It is also pronounced as, Gosains, Gosine, Gossain, Gosain, Gossai, and Gosavi.
Notables
Notable people with the surname or title Goswami include:
- Six Goswamis of Vrindavana
- Abhishek Goswami, Indian cricketer
- Abir Goswami, Indian actor
- Alpana Goswami, Indian actress
- Anay Goswamy, cinematographer
- Amar Goswami (1945–2012), Indian journalist and Hindi fiction writer
- Anil Goswami, Union Home Secretary of India
- Anjali Goswami, Honorary Professor of paleobiology at University College London
- Arup Kumar Goswami, Indian judge, chief justice of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- Arnab Goswami, Indian television journalist
- Ashokpuri Goswami, Gujarati poet and writer
- B. N. Goswamy, Indian art critic, art historian
- Bhairavi Goswami, model
- Bindiya Goswami, actress
- Brindaban Goswami, Indian politician
- Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami, founder of the religious organization Sri Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
- Bhakti Vijnana Goswami, Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and a leader
- Bhupendra Nath Goswami, Indian meteorologist, climatologist
- Bijoy Krishna Goswami, Hindu social reformer and religious figure
- Chuni Goswami, Indian professional footballer
- Dharendra Yogi Goswami, Indo-American scholar, inventor
- Dulal Chandra Goswami, Indian politician
- Debashish Goswami, Indian mathematician
- Debabrata Goswami, Indian chemist
- Dinesh Chandra Goswami, scientist, author
- Dinesh Goswami, Indian politician
- Acharya Dr. Gokulotsavji Maharaj Goswami, Indian classical singer, composer, and musicologist of Hindustani classical music
- Golok Chandra Goswami, academic, journalist
- Gopala Bhatta Goswami, foremost disciple of the Vaishnavasaint, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and a leading historical figure in the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Hinduism
- Gracy Goswami, Indian child actress
- Hardwar Goswami, Gujarati language poet, writer, and playwright
- Hemant Goswami, social activist
- Himanish Goswami, Indian writer, journalist, and cartoonist
- Hitendra Nath Goswami, Indian politician
- Indu Goswami, India politician
- Jhulan Goswami, ICC Women's Player of the Year 2007
- Acharya Jnanendra Prasad Goswamy, Indian vocalist
- Joy Goswami, Indian Bengali-language poet
- Joyasree Goswami Mahanta, India politician
- Jitendranath Goswami, Indian scientist
- Jiva Goswami, philosopher and saint from the Gaudiya Vaishnava school of Vedanta tradition
- Karunamaya Goswami, musicologist and litterateur
- KK Goswami, television actor
- Kunal Goswami, actor, businessman
- Lajja Goswami, Indian markswoman
- Madhumita Goswami, badminton player
- Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Indian Assamese-language writer and Jnanpith Award winner
- Manoj Kumar (born Harikrishna Giri Goswami), Bollywood actor
- Mukunda Goswami, spiritual leader
- Morya Gosavi, prominent saint of the Hindu Ganapatya sect
- Mohan Nath Goswami, Ashok Chakra Awardee, Para 9 commando
- Manish R Goswami, television producer
- Moloya Goswami, Indian actress in Assamese-language movies and National Film Award winner
- Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Indian editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer
- Mihir Goswami, Indian politician
- Meenakshi Goswami, Indian film actress
- Goswami Nabha Dass, saint, theologian and author
- Nipon Goswami, Indian actor
- Omkar Goswami, Indian economist and journalist
- Parbati Kumar Goswami, Indian Jurist, Governor of Assam and Nagaland and former Judge
- Pitambar Deva Goswami, spiritual leader and social reformer
- Prabodh Chandra Goswami, mathematician and teacher
- Prahlad Giri Goswami, politician
- Prashant Goswami, computational geoscientist, climatologist
- Acharya Radhika Prasad Goswamy, Indian Hindustani classical vocalist
- Raghunatha Bhatta Goswami, saint and Hindu philosopher
- Raghunatha dasa Goswami, Hindu saint and philosopher
- Rajiv Goswami, student leader
- Ram Narayan Goswami, Indian politician
- Rama Tirtha Goswami, saint and Hindu philosopher
- Ramakant Goswami, Indian National Congress politician
- Ravinder Goswami, Indian endocrinologist and professor
- Runki Goswami, Indian classical singer and composer
- Rupa Goswami, devotional teacher (guru), poet, and philosopher of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition
- Sanatana Goswami, principal disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Satsvarupa das Goswami, writer, poet, and artist
- Shahana Goswami, actress
- Shivanand Goswami, poet and scholar
- Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer
- Shantidas Goswami, Hindu preacher
- Shyam Manohar Goswami, sanskritist, philosopher, spiritual leader, reformer and guru of the Krishna-centered Pushtimarg sect of Vaishnavism
- Shyam Sundar Goswami, Indian classical vocalist
- Srubabati Goswami, Indian scientist
- Sriman Prafulla Goswami, politician
- Suta Goswami (Ugrashravas), disciple of Vyasa
- Tamal Krishna Goswami, spiritual leader
- Goswami Tulsidas, Hindu saint and poet author of the epic Ramcharitmanas
- Udita Goswami, Bollywood actress
- Usha Goswami, nNeuroscientist
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