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Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan, commonly known as Rajkot Gurukul or Swaminarayan Gurukul, is a Hindu religious and educational organization with headquarters in Rajkot, Gujarat. [1] The organization is within the Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday .
Nilkanthdham is a Hindu temple featuring traditional Indian architecture and sculpture, constructed by Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan under the guidance of Shree Dharmavallabhdasji Swami, and inspired by Guruvarya Shree Devkrushndasji Swami and Shastri Maharaj Shree Dharmajivandasji Swami. The temple was officially opened on October 28 ...
Dharmajivandasji Swami (18 June 1901 – 5 February 1988), commonly known as Shastriji Maharaj, was a Hindu saint, social worker and founder of the Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul Rajkot Sansthan. During his lifetime, he established branches of Swaminarayan Gurukul in Rajkot, Junagadh and Ahmedabad. Since he died, his followers have expanded the ...
Gunatitanand Swami (28 September 1784 – 11 October 1867), born Mulji Jani, was a prominent paramhansa of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya who was ordained by Swaminarayan [1] [2]: 22 [3]: 16 [4]: 123 and is accepted as the first spiritual successor of Swaminarayan by the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
Murtis of Laxmi Narayan with Ranchhodrai at Vadtal Radha Krishna Dev with Harikrishna Maharaj at Vadtal. As an adjunct to the scriptures in establishing ultimate redemption and consolidating the framework of the holy fellowship (Satsang), Swaminarayan constructed stone mandirs, buttressing Upasana – worshipping God, and devotion towards the deities.
An illustration of Swaminarayan writing the Shikshapatri. On February 26, 1830, a historic meeting took place at Rajkot between Swaminarayan and Sir John Malcolm, the then Governor of Bombay. This meeting was arranged by David Anderson Blane, the acting political agent at Rajkot, who had informed Governor Malcolm about Swaminarayan's positive ...
After joining Swaminarayan Sampraday, he finished his primary and Secondary education in Gujarat and then he had gone to Banaras Hindu University [3] for higher education where he passed Master of Arts- M.A in 6 different Religious Subjects in Sanskrit [1] [3] and therefore people also used to call him as Sanskrutachary [2] which means a person who has a phenomenal knowledge of the language ...
Nishkulanand Swami composed a scripture named Bhaktachintamani, which describes the life of Swaminarayan along with his sermons and his activities. [8] He has also composed twenty two other scriptures on various subjects (Purshottam Prakash, Yamdanda, Dhirajakhyan, Chosathpadi, among others) which are compiled as Nishkulanand Kavya.