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Pramukh Swami Maharaj writing letters to devotees in Gujarat, India. Pramukh Swami Maharaj counseling a young devotee in Gujarat, India. Pramukh Swami was approached by many followers for guidance in all aspects of life. [37]: 144 Devotees frequently took to him matters of personal, family, and business affairs and seek his guidance.
Pramukh Swami Maharaj. After Yogiji Maharaj's death, Pramukh Swami Maharaj became both the spiritual and administrative head of BAPS [63] in 1971. [64] He was the fifth spiritual guru of the BAPS. [65] Under his leadership, BAPS has grown into a global Hindu organization and has witnessed expansion in several areas.
Pramukh Swami Maharaj [32] [33] (born 7 December 1921 – 13 August 2016) Pranavananda, also known as Yugacharya Srimat Swami Pranavananda Ji Maharaj (29 January 1896 – 8 February 1941) Pranavanda Saraswati (28 August 1908 – 28 August 1982) Prem Rawat, also known as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (born 10 December 1957)
In 1984, Pramukh Swami Maharaj inaugurated a small center in Whittier, Los Angeles County. [5] Nineteen years later, in 1996, the local group made a proposal to build a larger facility, including a traditional stone mandir, to fulfill Pramukh Swami's vision that he had shared with them almost two decades earlier and to accommodate their growing ...
Pramukh Swami Maharaj led senior BAPS swamis and several thousand people participated in the ceremony. The shilanyas vidhi was commemorated with a four-day celebration which included spiritual programs conducted for senior citizens, children, and youth. Each day, a yajman pujan was performed and discourses on the Taitreya Upanishad were held. [8]
On 10 January 1940, Shastri Narayanswarupdas (later Pramukh Swami Maharaj) was given bhagvati diksha or full initiation into ochre robes, by Shastriji Maharaj sitting before the Akshar Deri. [13] [14] A memorial shrine for the fourth spiritual successor, Yogiji Maharaj called the Yogi Smruti Mandir was also constructed here to commemorate his ...
In 1971, after the death of Yogiji Maharaj, he dedicated himself to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the new guru, as he had to guru Yogiji Maharaj. His exposure to Pramukh Swami Maharaj had begun in 1951, when he first met him. Since 1971, as per the wishes and instructions of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, he has travelled throughout India and abroad to ...
Bhadreshdas Swami was initiated as a renunciant (swami) of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha by his guru Pramukh Swami Maharaj in 1981 at the age of 14, [1] [4] Afterwards, he attended the BAPS seminary for swamis in Sarangpur, Gujarat, where he learned Swaminarayan Vedanta as well as the philosophical system of logic and Sanskrit grammar ().