| Names |
SHASTRIJI MAHARAJ (born
Dungar Patel and ordained Shastri
Yagnapurushdas) |
| Date of Birth |
January 31, 1865 |
| Date of
Death |
May 10, 1951 |
|
Identity |
Hindu
Spiritual Guru |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- June 05, 1907:
He
is credited with establishing BAPS on
5 June 1907 CE in Bochasan, Gujarat to
propagate the Akshar-Purushottam Upasana
(philosophy), which, he explained, had been revealed by
Swaminarayan.
- November 29, 1882: was
initiated as a
Swaminarayan
sadhu on this day in Vadtal by Acharya Viharilalji Maharaj,
the head of the Vadtal diocese of the
Swaminarayan
Sampraday.
- November 07, 1897: After
the death of Bhagatji Maharaj on this day, he firmly took on
the mantle of propagating the Akshar-Purushottam philosophy.
|
| General |
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He was a saint of the
Swaminarayan Sampraday and later accepted as the
third spiritual successor of
Swaminarayan
and founder of the BAPS
Swaminarayan Sanstha.
As a socio-spiritual organization, the BAPS
Swaminarayan Sanstha engages in a broad array of activities.
BAPS stands for "Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan Sanstha".
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A staunch proponent of
this philosophy, he consecrated the sacred images
of Swaminarayan (as a manifestation of Purushottam) and
Gunatitanand Swami (as a manifestation of Akshar) in the
central shrines of major mandirs in the towns of Bochasan,
Sarangpur, Atladra, Gondal, and Gadhada in Gujarat, India.
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In the early 1950s, having
successfully laid the foundations of BAPS, he
appointed Pramukh Swami Maharaj as its administrative head
to serve under Yogiji Maharaj, whom he revealed as the
4th spiritual successor to
Swaminarayan.
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