About our Sampraday

Lord Swaminarayan established His own Sampradaya which holds Bhakti sect in strict pursuance of Uddhav. Swaminarayan Sampradaya believes in Dharma, Bhakti, Gnan and Vairagya. He preached love, non-violence, compassion, abstinence and purity of thought, speech and action. He made Himself accessible even to the humblest of man. The lowest of the low, the Kathis, Kolis, and others came to His feet and their standard of living was improved to the extent that they gave up their hereditary professions of theft and robbery, and adopted the religious way of life. The knife, sword and arrow were replaced by the Mala (108 beaded rosary). He erected temples in Ahmedabad, Vadtal, Bhuj and various other towns, wherein the Deities of Shree Nar Narayan Dev, Shree Laxmi Narayan Dev, Shree Radha Krishna Dev and others, were installed by Him personally. He initiated some of the most prominent saints in the Sampradaya, many of them scholars of the highest calibre.

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