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Guru Gorakshanath traveled widely across the Indian subcontinent, and accounts about him are found in some forms or others in several places including Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Punjab, Sind, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal, Assam, Bengal, Maharashtra, and even Sri Lanka.Gurkhas of Nepal also take their name from this saint. Gorakhpur, the district headquarters of Gorakhpur District, is believed to derive its name from Guru Gorakhnath.
Saint and Yogi Jnaneshwara also comes from the same sampradaya or pantha(cult).Great master Gahininath - disciple of Gorakhnath initiated Nivrutinath who in turn initiated Jnaneshwara Maharaj in Nath Sampradaya.
Osho regarded Gorakshanath as one of the four great innovators of Indian religion, alongside Patanjali, Buddha, and Krishna, who are to be regarded as originating the paths of yoga, meditation, and love respectively. Gorakshanath (who Osho called Gorakh) originated the search for "methods and techniques of sadhana". "Through him a new type of religion was born. Without Gorakh, there could be no Kabir, no Nanak, no Dadu, no Vajid, no Farid, no Meera -- without Gorakh none of these are possible."(Wikipedia )