Vegetarian foods are called godly foods. These foods keep us physically and mentally fit, and provide peace. People taking veg foods are more disciplined and noble. The following legendary and great persons of our world were fully vegetarians.
Jesus Christ, Lord Buddha, Mahavir Jain and many great saints like Ram Krishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, Bhaktive- danta Swami Prabhu pada- founder of ISKCON, all were pure vegetarians.
Great philosophers, reformers and statesmen like Socrates, Plato,Aristotle, Rousseau, Voltaire, Martin Luther, Father of our nation Gandhiji, Abraham Lincoln, were fully vegetarians.
World famous writers and poets such as Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore, William Words- worth, Mark Twain, George Bernard Shaw were also vegetarians.
Legendary and world famous great scientists and inventors like Pythagoras, Leona- rdo De Vinci, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, Thomas Alva Edison, Benjamin Franklin, Sir C. V. Raman, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Chandra shekar Subrahmanyam were fully vegetarians. Our former President of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is also a pure vegetarian.
Famous sports persons like tennis player Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and the professional Indian wrestler “Great Khali” are also pure vegetarians.
Great actor Amitabh Bachchan and the King of Pop Michael Jackson are vegeta- rians too.