Childhood
What was his childhood name?
Dungar Bhagat
How old was he when he became a sadhu?
16
What does BAPS stand for?
Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha
What was his birthday?
January 31, 1865
Who gave him diksha?
Acharya Viharilalji Maharaj
How many mandirs did Shastriji Maharaj build and what are they?
5, BSGAG
What was his father's name?
Dhoribhai
Who told Shastriji Maharaj that Gunanitanand Swami was Akshar?
Bhagatji Maharaj
poison khichadi
Name a prasang where Dungar Bhagat showed faith in Maharaj.
Going late at night to the farm with stick.
“Haven’t you told me that Shriji Maharaj accompanies protects he who chants the Swaminarayan mantra? Well, that is exactly what I did. I have broughtMaharaj with me. If a ghost had come along the way, I would have hit it with this stick and driven it off"
5 sadhus and 50 haribhakto
When was the first mandir with AP murtis in the middle built?
5 June 1907
Who gave Dungar Bhagat his vartman for the first time?
Shukanand Swami
Why did Shastiji Maharaj have to leave Vadtal?
To spread AP upsana since there was too much opposition
When did he return back to dham?
10 May 1951