Kishore M. Dave, BAPS Sadhus
2016
Bhagwan Swaminarayan, the supreme God, manifested on this earth, together with his divine abode, Akshardham, in the form of Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami. Bhagwan Swaminarayan taught the Vedic tradition of Bhakta-Bhagwan in the form of Akshar and Purushottam. He taught that the goal of life is to attain the virtues of Akshar and offer devotion to Purushottam. However, through the efforts of Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj, the Akshar-Purushottam philosophy became widely accepted. He suffered many hardships and overcame much opposition to build five magnificent mandirs and enshrine the murtis of Akshar-Purushottam, as per the wish of Bhagwan Swaminarayan. He built the first mandir in Bochasan in 1907, thus establishing the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS).
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