Rajkot: The Rajkot District Collector has ordered the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) organization to pay a fine of ₹13.13 lakh within 15 days for unauthorized construction and commercial use of land at Vavdi on Gondal Highway. The property, developed under the name Premvati, includes a restaurant, hotel, garden, swimming pool, temple, office, and rooms. However, the land was originally allotted for industrial purposes, and no approvals were obtained for its conversion. Ad...Read More

Rajkot: The Swaminarayan sect has landed in yet another controversy in Rajkot after a poster went viral on social media showing Hindu deities as the previous divine incarnations of various Swamis. The banner, which is now removed, was displayed at the Jagaswami Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Temple on Raiya Road. It claimed that several disciples of Shreeji Maharaj were incarnations of deities like Lord Krishna, Lord Shankar, Hanumanji, and others in their past lives. The list featured 52 disc...Read More

Kutch: Mogaldham Gadipati Rishi Bapu has begun a fast at Mogaldham Kabarau in protest against remarks made by Swami Neelkanth Charandasji of Swaminarayan Gurukul regarding Dwarkadhish Shri Krishna. Calling it an insult to Lord Krishna, Rishi Bapu has declared a "religious war" and urged saints and monks from across the country to join him. He has also demanded the destruction of Swaminarayan books that he claims are written against Sanatan Dharma. Charan Rishi Bapu insists that books written ag...Read More

Surat: The Swaminarayan Sampradayik Rakshak Samiti staged a protest on Monday, demanding immediate action against Ghanshyam Prakashdasji Swami of Kandari Gurukul and other saints accused of misconduct. The committee submitted a petition to the District Collector, urging action against those allegedly engaging in shameful acts in the name of religion, despite the sect having lakhs of followers. Ghanshyam Prakashdasji Swami has faced multiple allegations of misconduct involving homosexuality and ...Read More

Rajkot: Two more monks of the Swaminarayan sect have added their names to the long list of monks who have made objectionable and defamatory remarks about Hindu gods and goddesses. In one of the latest controversies, Swami Nityaswaroopdas from Sardhar Swaminarayan Temple near Rajkot referred to Bhagwan Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, and the 33 crore deities of Hindu dharma as mere managers of Swaminarayan. After the video went viral, there has been widespread anger among Hindus. In the viral video, Sw...Read More

Dwarka: Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani today condemned the remarks made by Nilkanth Charandas Swami of Swaminarayan Gurukul, Surat. Nathwani visited Dwarka amid the ongoing uproar over the Swaminarayan sect’s disputed book and remarks on Lord Dwarkadhish, which have drawn strong opposition from the Hindu community. Replying to the media, Nathwani said, "I condemn any comment made by a saint of the Swaminarayan Temple. Dwarkadhish is, will be, and will always be. There is no place above him. ...Read More

Surat: A new controversy has emerged involving another Swaminarayan saint's remarks about the Hindu deity Dwarkadhish, adding to a series of recent disputes involving comments made by saints of the Swaminarayan sect. The latest incident involves Nilkanth Charan Swami of the Swaminarayan Gurukul in the Vedrod area of Surat, whose 59-second video has gone viral, sparking outrage among devotees of Dwarkadhish. In the video, Nilkanth Charan Swami claims that Dwarkadhish prayed to Maharaj (referring...Read More

Ahmedabad: A youth who was running a social media campaign against Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS) and other branches of the Swaminarayan sect has been nabbed by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime police. On behalf of BAPS, its cadre Vipul Patel had on March 10 filed a complaint in the Cyber Crime Police against an unidentified person and claimed that on 7 March he spotted on social media some writings and pictures that were defamatory against Mahant Swami and other Swaminarayan saints. So...Read More