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Swaminarayan and Swaminarayan Hinduism
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Swaminarayan Hinduism developed in Gujarat in the early 1800s concurrent with the spread of the British rule as a reform movement led by Sahajanand Swami, who is revered as Lord Swaminarayan. Sahajanand Swami attracted householders, established an order of
sādhus, built temples, and appointed his nephews as
ācāryas. With strong attachments to Kṛṣṇa worship in Gujarat, Swaminarayan Hinduism developed as a distinct modern
sampradāya and is one of the fastest growing and most successful modern transnational Hindu movements.The Life Story of Sahajanand SwamiFour names mark perio…
Date:
2020-05-18
BAPS
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The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayanan Sanstha (BAPS) is a major branch of Swaminarayan Hinduism that began when Yagnapurushadas Swami (1865–1951), popularly known as Shastriji Maharaj, left the Vadtal Swaminarayan temple in 1905 in a dispute with the Vadtal
ācārya and created a new fellowship with six
sādhus and householders who supported him. The separation became final when Shastriji Maharaj incorporated the BAPS in 1907 in Bochasan, and he built the first BAPS temple in Bochasan. The major reasons given for the separatio…
Date:
2020-05-18
