His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj is the fifth spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the present guru of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. He is the vision and inspiration behind BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, and under his leadership, BAPS has grown into a dynamic spiritual organisation with over 3,300 centres worldwide.
Despite his increasing age and ailments, Pramukh Swami Maharaj continues to dedicate his life for the well-being of others, travelling throughout the world to foster love, peace, harmony, righteousness, faith in God, and community service. His compassion for humanity, deep concern for its problems, and conscious efforts to alleviate them have inspired international moral, social, educational, cultural and spiritual projects. His striking humility, wisdom and spirituality have touched many world religious and national leaders, and inspired millions to lead a God-centred, moral life guided by Hindu principles. Driven by his quiet, undisturbed love for God, and with his genuine care and compassion, he remains a “people’s guru” reaching out to all, irrespective of age, class, colour or creed.
Pramukh Swami Maharaj is recognised and respected as one of Hinduism’s great spiritual teachers.
He lives by and preaches the message: “In the joy of others, lies our own.”
Profile
- Birth: 7 December 1921; Magshar Sud 8, VS 1978
- Birthplace: Chansad, Gujarat
- Initiation: 10 January 1940; Posh Sud 1, VS 1996
- Guru: Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj
- Spiritual Head since: 23 January 1971; Posh Vad 11, VS 2027
- Villages visited: Over 15,500
- Countries visited: Over 50
- Homes sanctified: Over 250,000
- Letters read and replied: Over 500,000
- Personally counselled and comforted: Over 810,000 people
- Discourses delivered: Over 20,000
- Mandirs built and consecrated: Over 1,070
- Sadhu disciples: Over 890
To see a gallery of photos revealing Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s role in the Mandir’s creation, please click here.
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