Swaminarayan is god not guru as he said himself in shikshapatri. Read verse 108 it clearly states krishna is supreme parmatma. As you'd all be confused ill explain. When swaminarayan was going to be named he had a few names but two of them were krishna and ghanshyam so in the shikshapatri he as reffering to himself. BAPS is the true swaminarayan organisation. Akshardham, a 100 acre complex was built in 5 years! Normally this would take 50 years but through satpurush guru Pramukh wami Maharaj it has been accomplished. He didn't say to worship krsna alone as in BAPS mandirs have murtis of all gods (according to what we can fit in) Swaminarayan isn't vishnu but he is parmatma, along with his companion akshar. Akshar is the dwelling place of purshottam (parmatma) also nows as akshardham. Akshardham is the highest of all heavens and isn't in golukh vrindavan as these other people say. As you say it's true many other sects will disagree after some many changes from ISCKON to BAPS, which isn't a bad thing as they come from the 2 personalities. Akshar is responsible for all incarnations except swaminarayans becaue parmatma himself came down to our planet and sanctified it. The devotee who chanted hare krsna must have een part of the vadtal sect of swaminarayan which isn't exzactly so pure compared to BAPS. As for you Shivam, the bit about that devotee saying swaminarayan is god you must've made up. ALWAYS REMEMBER IT IS SPELT SWAMINARAYAN NOT SWAMI NARAYAN. Come one have some respect. The second post as i could have guessed in my sleep was against swaminarayan. When will you learn that wasn't a mere mortal, only the avatari. If you disagree do so, but don't badmouth swaminarayan and heir devotees.
JAY SWAMINARAYAN