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People from this sect of Swaminarayan use it to start and end conversations, phone calls, and religious congregations. Followers of other faiths use similar terms, pertaining to their own deities (fr example: Jai Sri Krishna or Jai Ganesha). Presently this term is used in daily puja rituals worldwide amongst the Swaminarayan Sampraday. [2] [3]
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 ...
This serial is a journey on the life of Swaminarayan, which includes places of worship and temples in India and around the world. [1] The show was written and directed by Mulraj Rajda. It is probably the most ambitious initiative taken by Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj of the Narnarayan Dev Gadi, whose idea and initiative this was. [2]
Swaminarayan. Satsangi Jivan is the authorised biography of Swaminarayan. [1] The book contains information on the life and teachings of Swaminarayan. [2] It is written by Shatanand Swami and completed in 1829. [1] Swaminarayan decided to make Gadhada his permanent residence on the insistence of Dada Khachar and his sisters. [3]
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (Robbinsville, New Jersey) is a slightly older, smaller mandir on the Akshardham campus, built between 2010 and 2014. The mandir was built in the Nagaradi style using 68,000 cubic feet (1,900 m 3 ) of Italian Carrara marble .
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is the first temple Swaminarayan constructed. It was built in Ahmedabad in 1822, and presents images of Nara Narayana, who occupies the principal seat of the temple, and forms of Arjuna and Krishna at the central altar. The left altar has murtis of Radha Krishna.
Swaminarayan at birth, with his mother Premvati. Swaminarayan was born on 3 April 1781 (Chaitra sud Nom in the Vikram Samvat calendar) in Chhapaiya. This day is annually celebrated as Shree Swaminarayan Jayanti by his followers. This coincides with the occasion of Ram Navmi. [1] [2]