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More Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, known as BAPS, is a sect of Hinduism that follows the teachings of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, a Hindu leader born in the 18th century. It ...

BAPS initiated the creation of Swaminarayan Akshardham in 2011. At its essence, Akshardham is a revered Hindu place of worship that honors Bhagwan Swaminarayan and Hindu deities across its 13 ...

In 1961, at the age of 28, he was ordained as a swami and given the name of Sadhu Keshavjivandas by His Holiness Yogiji Maharaj, then guru and spiritual leader of BAPS.

Mahant Swami Maharaj is the sixth and current spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan. He was ordained a swami by Yogiji Maharaj in 1961 and named Sadhu Keshavjivandas.

He was aged 95. Pramukh Swami Maharaj is believed by the followers of BAPS to be the fifth spiritual successor in Bhagwan Swaminarayan’s succession of Gunatit gurus.

Pramukh Swami Maharaj was the fifth spiritual leader of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). The great guru was the one who on April 5, 1997, envisioned the establishment ...