Gunatitanand Swami
Who out-raced the wrestler Gangaram Malla to retrieve flowers that fell from Maharaj's pagh?
Gunatitanand Swami
In what village did Ramanand Swami hold the investiture ceremony?
Jetpur
In what garden was the first-ever photograph of Swamishri taken, against his wishes?
Kamati Baug, Vadodara
What dangerous task, which could crack skin or cause blindness, did Pragji Bhakta volunteer to do alone?
Churning the limestone
Who was sleeping right next to Yogi Maharaj when the black cobra bit him in Gondal?
Shastriji Maharaj
At Panchala, what did the sadhus do instead of applying the tilak properly?
At what age did Sahajanand Swami leave home and begin his solitary pilgrimage?
11
Whose murtis did Thakor Saheb pressure Swamishri to install in the central shrine instead of Sahajanand Swami and Gunatitanand Swami?
Radha-Krishna
Instead of 60,000 rupees, what three boons did Pragji Bhakta ask Swami for?
Knowledge, to see Akshardham, and to always remain a satsangi
Shastriji Maharaj refused to call a doctor for Yogi Maharaj's cobra bite. What did the sadhus do instead and where.
Chanted the Swaminarayan dhun at the Akshar Deri
What fine item did Swami give Maharaj to blow his nose with, prompting a lesson on simplicity?
A silken handkerchief
Ramanand Swami had long told people, "I am merely a ___, whereas the true player is yet to come." Fill in the blank.
A drumbeater
On what date was the Sarangpur Mandir murti-pratishtha held?
May 8, 1916
How many days did it take Pragji Bhakta to stitch the huge canopy for the Fuldol festival?
41 days
What part of Yogi Maharaj's body was permanently affected by the cobra venom, even after he recovered?
The bone in his left index finger, where the snake bit him, was dissolved
When Muktanand Swami privately asked if he really understood the discourse's philosophy, what did Swami say was the only point of it for him?
To have darshan of Maharaj
What key philosophical distinction did Sahajanand Swami say was missing from Ramanujacharya's teachings?
The difference between Aksharbrahma and Parabrahma
Roughly how many devotees were fed with shiro at the Sarangpur pratishtha, from 9 a.m. until midnight?
200,000
In Bhagatji's parable, what did the man jump into repeatedly, hoping to win a village from the king?
A well
What legal matter did the diwan of Gondal ask Yogi Maharaj to bless, which was then resolved in Maharaja Bhagwatsinhji's favor?
A railway boundary court case between princely states
Why did Gunatitanand Swami say he preferred staying in the mandal of the stern Krupanand Swami?
Because only by accepting an elder's criticism can you develop their virtues.
When Ramanand Swami suggested Sahajanand Swami downplay the difference between his teachings and Ramanujacharya's, what did Sahajanand Swami say would happen if he did?
Their sampradaya would be seen as just an offshoot of the Ramanuj Sampradaya
Which sadguru, known for spreading Akshar-Purushottam upasana throughout Sorath, passed away just before the Sarangpur pratishtha?
Balmukund Swami
What did Pragji Bhakta make out of a torn piece of his own cloth in the middle of the night?
A torch, to guide Swami to the bathroom in the dark
What sum did Shastriji Maharaj have transferred to Krishnajivan Swami of the Vartal Gadi, as reimbursement for property improvements made to land near Akshar Deri?
₹400