<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on" width="100%"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">Swaminarayan was a god not a guru in case you have heard that. He lived when he was youg in a village near Ahyodya, called Chappiya. His birth name was ghanyshyam and many times evil demons tried to kill him but hanuman dada came to his rescue. When he was 11 he left home for his yatra of Bharat. He went through badrinath and the himalayas when they were at their worst. He stayed at the nar-narayan ashram for a few months as rishis were awaiting his stay there. His name was nilkanth at the time. He redeemed many souls and destroyed but redeemed many demons. He ended his yatra in a village called Loj in Gujurat. There he heard of ramanand swami who was a very great guru in the region. He complained in mandirs of women and men sitting together because sadhus could easily leave their saintlyhood and become householders with women. So he solved that. Eventually when ramanand swami came he accepted nilkanth as his diciple and name him Sahajanand Swami. Many people felt samadhi at his feet seeing him in heaven being served by evenry avatar and god. They also saw another saint called Gunatitanand swami who is AKSHAR. I cannot explain who akshar is, find out. He made many mandirs such as the one in Amdhavad. He is truly parmatma. He lived till the age of 40 and then a age of gurus carried on.
This is the like:
Sahajanand Swami Maharaj
Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj
Bhagatji Maharaj
Shastriji Maharaj (he started BAPS after being harrased at Vartal)
Yoghiji Maharaj
Pramukh Swami Maharaj who is the present guru
I hope i have helped you learn more
Jai Swaminarayan
Jai Sachindanand
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