Swaminarayan
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sahajanand Swami, Neelkanth Varni, Shriji Maharaj, Harikrishna, Narayan muni, Ghanshyam Pandey
Swaminarayan (IAST: '; 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 or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.
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- Swaminarayan
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- Lord Swaminarayan writing the Shikshapatri.jpg
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- Illustration of Swaminarayan writing the Shikshapatri
- Hindu leader.religion
- Hinduism
- Hindu leader.birth_date
- 3 April 1781
- Hindu leader.birth_place
- Chhapaiya, Kingdom of Oudh (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India)
- Hindu leader.birth_name
- Ghanshyam Pande
- Hindu leader.death_place
- Gadhada, Baroda State (present-day Gujarat, India)
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- Swami Ramanand
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- Swaminarayan Sampradaya
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- Ayodhyaprasad and Raghuvira
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Childhood as Ghanshyam
- Travels as Nilkanth Varni
- Leadership as Sahajanand Swami
- Manifestation belief
- Teaching
- Relations with other religions and the British Government
- Relations with local Kathi rulers
- Temples and ascetics
- Ahmedabad and Vadtal Gadi
- Death
- Social views
- Women
- Caste system and the poor
- Animal sacrifices and yajnas
- Scriptures
- Shikshapatri
- Vachanamrut
- Satsangi Jeevan
- Legacy
- Schisms
- Growth
- Reception
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
Swaminarayan (IAST: '; 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 or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.
In 1800, he was initiated into the Uddhava sampradaya by his guru, Swami Ramanand, and was given the name Sahajanand Swami. Despite opposition, in 1802, Ramanand handed over the leadership of the Uddhava Sampradaya to him before his death. According to the Swaminarayan tradition, Sahajanand Swami became known as Swaminarayan, and the Uddhava Sampradaya became known as the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, after a gathering in which he taught the Swaminarayan Mantra to his followers.
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