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Gunatitanand Swami (28 September 1784 – 11 October 1867), born Mulji Jani, was a prominent paramhansa of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya who was ordained by Swaminarayan [1] [2]: 22 [3]: 16 [4]: 123 and is accepted as the first spiritual successor of Swaminarayan by the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
Swaminarayan (IAST: Svāmīnārāyaṇa; 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna [2] [3] [4] or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, [5] [6] around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.
The Swaminarayan Sampradaya, also known as Swaminarayan Hinduism and Swaminarayan movement, is a Hindu Vaishnava sampradaya rooted in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita, [note 1] [note 2] characterized by the worship of its charismatic [3] founder Sahajanand Swami, better known as Swaminarayan (1781–1830), as an avatar of Krishna [4] [5] [6] or as the highest manifestation of Purushottam, the ...
He was the son of Iccharam, Lord Swaminarayan's younger brother. [1] He was adopted by Swaminarayan as his son and he was the first successor of Swaminarayan in the southern diocese (Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi, Vadtal). [2] [unreliable source?] He was enthroned as acharya there on 10 November 1826 and held the post till his death.
There are four main domes within the mandir called Parabrahma, Aksharbrahma, Mukta and Aishwarya Mandapam. The Parabrahma Mandapam houses the sanctum sanctorum or garbhagriha dedicated to Swaminarayan and it is 65 ft (20 m) tall and 36 ft (11 m) wide. [42] The Aksharbrahma Mandapam honors Swaminarayan's first spiritual successor Gunatitanand Swami.
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The basis for the formation of BAPS was Shastriji Maharaj's conviction that Swaminarayan remained present on earth through a lineage of Gunatit Gurus (perfect devotee), starting with Gunatitanand Swami, one of Swaminarayan's most prominent disciples, [4] [11] [12] [13] [5] [14] [note 1] and that Swaminarayan and his choicest devotee, Gunatitanand Swami, were ontologically, Purushottam and ...
Yogiji Maharaj (23 May 1892 – 23 January 1971), born Jina Vasani, was a Hindu swami and the fourth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan in the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), [1]: 55 [2]: 10 a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.