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The BAPS concurs that Akshar is the divine abode of Purushottam and "an eternally existing spiritual reality having two forms, the impersonal and the personal." [8] [89] [90]: 158 Followers of BAPS identify various scriptures and documented statements of Swaminarayan as supporting this understanding of Akshar within the Akshar-Purushottam Upasana.
The Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) was founded by Shastri Yagnapurushdas in 1907. [2] [3] The organization continued to expand its activities internationally through health fairs, environmental activities, youth development campaigns, and worldwide "walkathon" fundraising campaigns to benefit local, national and international charities.
Swaminarayan and Gunatitanand Swami at a Baps Temple. Akshar-Purushottam Darshan (Akṣara-Puruṣottama Darśana [web 1]) or Aksarabrahma-Parabrahma-Darsanam, [1] "Akshar-Purushottam philosophy," is a designation used by BAPS as an alternative name for the Swaminarayan Darshana, Swaminarayan's view or teachings, to distinguish it from other Vedanta-traditions.
The Akshardham was initiated by BAPS's fifth spiritual leader, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, and is one of the three Akshardham mandirs constructed by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha; the other two are in New Delhi and Gandhinagar. [3] [4] It is the largest Hindu mandir in the United States, and the second-largest in the world. [5] [a]
BAPS followers in the greater Atlanta area began gathering in the 1980s at various devotees’ houses for worship. In 1988, followers purchased a skating rink which was renovated and re-established as a mandir in Clarkston, Georgia. [6] In February 2000, the twenty-nine-acre plot of the current mandir was purchased in Lilburn, Georgia.
"BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, India, is the world's largest comprehensive Hindu temple. It measures 109 m (356 ft). long, 316 ft (96 m). wide and 43 m (141 ft). high, covering an area of 8,021.4 m 2 (86,342 sq ft). The grand, ancient-style, ornately hand-carved stone temple has been built without structural steel within five years ...
Yogoda Satsanga Society of India; Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha [2]: 32 Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan; Sri Caitanya Prema Samsthana; Sri Caitanya Sangha [2]: 165–166 Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math [2]: 166 Siddha Yoga Dham Associates Foundation [2]: 108, 431 Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres [2]: 408
Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha (SMVS) [1] is a Hindu denomination within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya.It was founded in 1987 by Devnandandasji Swami, usually addressed as HDH Bapji [2] by his devotees and followers, [3] [4] It propagates the preaching and teaching of Swaminarayan [5] as explained by Jivanpran Abajibapashri.