On 3rd April, 1781, Lord Swaminarayan made his advent in a humble village of Chhapaiya, North India.

A series of divine miracles glorified his childhood. From reviving shoals of deaf fish, he proceeded to unfurl the marvels of spiritual excellence by elevating people to the sublime heights of trance.

By the playful age of 11, he had mastered the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagvatam and Ramayana. He defeated renowned pandits at a scriptural debate in Varanasi.

For 7 long, arduous years, he moved from the icy peaks of the Himalayas, through thickest and deserts, to the very tip of southern India; Finally to settle in Gujarat. He sanctified the length and breadth of India – a journey of over 25,000 kms barefooted and wearing a single loin cloth !

When only 21, he was appointed as spiritual Guru of a large following Vaishnava guru.

His Irresistible divine presence attracted masters if all fields to join his following that rapidly grew to 2 million ! of which 2,000 were saints of the highest purity. During his very life-time people worshiped him as the God-supreme. and out of compassion, he asserted the spiritual equality of man by extending full attention to the poor and the sinful. Through his well disciplined system, he refined society which was corrupt politically, disrupt socially and bankrupt spiritually. Love and non-violence, his only principals, purged society of its malpractice, addictions, superstitions and harmful beliefs.

Welcoming all, irrespective of caste, creed, colour, race and nationality into his care, he crowned them with ultimate liberati