Bhavnagar: Gadhada (Swamina) Gopinathji Dev Mandir's Temple Board Committee election date has been announced. Polling will take place at Gadhada mandir's building and Lakshmi vadi based polling centres. There are total 29,000 eligible voters in this election which is held every five years. A seven-member board consists four members of Gruhasth vibhag and 1 member each in Sadhu vibhag, Brahmachari vibhag and Parshad vibhag. The election conventionally takes place between Acharya paksh and Dev pa...Read More

Bhuj: A Swaminarayan sadhu KP Swami administered a chant 'Pakistan ki jai' from the stage of a public function on February 10, video of which has gone viral. Swaminarayan sant first started administering 'Jai' slogans by taking names of Bharat mata, Sanatan dharma, Hindu rashtra, Goddess cow, Krishna and Ram. The audience reacted with 'Jai'. And then he also took the name of Pakistan in the same rhythm, to which people mistakenly reacted with 'Jai'. A video of this has gone viral, with score...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Middle East's first Swaminarayan sect temple in Abu Dhabi in February this year. A Swaminarayan sect mandir where the sect's founder Sahajanand Swami will be the Central deity is built by Gujarat headquartered Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha(BAPS). Representatives of the BAPS organization, led by Swami Ishwarcharandas and Swami Brahmaviharidas, met the Prime Minister at his residence in New Delhi on Thursday and extended the in...Read More

Junagadh: The locals under the Mandal told district collector and due to Swaminarayan mandir's encroachment on government land, a 100-year old Garbi event which is participated by over 120 girls will not be possible this year. They said, Swaminarayan mandir has encroached government land by putting steel sheets and stones. The Hindus can't hold Janmasthami, Ganesh Utsav etc festivals due to this encroachment. 100 વર્ષ જૂની ગરબીના સ્થળે સ્વામિ...Read More

Rajkot: Members of Prajapati community in Rajkot and Khambhaliya marched to the district collector offices and presented memorandums protesting remarks by Bramaswarup Swami of Swaminarayan sect regarding Kumbhar community lady and Gora Kumbhar. The community members alleged that Swaminarayan saint's remarks were insulting and displaying their poor mentality. It's worth noting that Brahmaswarupdas had earlier tendered apology over his remarks on Goddess Khodiyar after protests by the people acro...Read More

Vadodara: A controversy irrupted in Lunawada based Ganesh Utsav venue where Ganesh ji's murti was placed in lap of over 200 years old saint Sahajanand Swami. The devotees objected Bhagwan Ganesh ji's smaller depiction with Saint Sahajanand Swami's bigger one. The protesters objected to the saint's greater depiction than Bhagwan. Those following Swamminarayan sec are recently facing heat over depiction of saint as Bhagwan Swaminarayan, and projection of Hindu gods as dasa of him. After up...Read More

Wankaner: Saint Bramhaswaroopdas Swami of Swaminarayan sect has tendered an apology through a video message regarding his controversial remarks about Khodiyar Mata of Matel Dham. In the video message, Swami Bramhaswaroopdas said, "I want to humbly convey to Khodiyarmata and her devotees, Khodaldham trust, and the temple of Khodiyarmata ji that my intentions were not to hurt religious sentiments and beliefs of anyone. However, if somebody was hurt because of my words, I, Bramhaswaroopdas Swami...Read More

Wankaner: Devotees and saints in Morbi presented a memorandum to the District Collector today, demanding an apology for the offensive statement made by Swaminarayan saint Bramhaswaroopdas about Khodiyar Mataji of Matel Dham near Wankaner. A video clip of Swaminarayan saint Bramhaswaroopdas has gone viral on social media, in which he can be heard saying, "Maharaj sprinkled the water from his wet clothes on Kuldevi Khodiyar Mataji. That is how your Kuldevi became Satsangi". He added that Mataji...Read More

Panchmahal: Fatesinh Chauhan, an MLA from the ruling Bhartiya Janta party (BJP) representing the Kalol constituency in Panchmahal, has stated that the Swaminarayan sect is not centered around knowledge but rather an institution focused on collecting money. A video featuring MLA Fatesinh Chauhan has gone viral on social media, in which he can be watched saying, "Once I visited Sokhda Swaminarayan temple and I asked these people (Swaminarayan sect) if they believe in a sadguru, and they said no...Read More