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Gurus
Vachanamrut & Shikshapatri
Bhagwan Swaminarayan
BAPS History
Who Am I?
100

Which guru first publicly identified Gunatitanand Swami as Mul Akshar?

Bhagatji Maharaj

100

How many Vachanamruts are there?

273

100

How old was Nilkanth Varni when he began his pilgrimage?

11

100

In what year was BAPS established?

1907

100

Before becoming a sadhu, I studied at an agricultural college.

Mahant Swami Maharaj

200

What was Yogi Bapa's diksha name?

Sadhu Gnanjivandas

200

How many verses are in the Shikshapatri?

212

200

How long did Nilkanth Varni's pilgrimage last? 


7 years, 1 month, 11 days

200

Where and when was the first BAPS mandir built?

Bochasan; June 5th, 1907

200
  • I never took diksha as a sadhu.
  • My guru was the mahant of Junagadh.

Bhagatji Maharaj

300

What was Shastriji Maharaj's name before becoming a sadhu?

Dungar Bhakta

300

Which scripture is primarily a collection of Bhagwan Swaminarayan's spiritual discourses?

Vachnamrut

300

Approximately how many miles (or kilometers) did Nilkanth Varni travel?

Around 8,000 miles (about 12,800 km)

300

Why was the first BAPS mandir significant?

It was the first mandir with Akshar and Purushottam installed together as the central deities.

300

"I was a poet, musician, and one of Bhagwan Swaminarayan's most well-known paramhansas. I wrote many kirtans still sung today."

Brahmanand Swami

400

Which guru served as the president of BAPS for over 45 years?

Pramukh Swami Maharaj

400

Name the five paramhansas who compiled the Vachanamrut.

Muktanand Swami

Gopalanand Swami

Nityanand Swami

Shukanand Swami

Brahmanand Swami 

400

Who initiated Nilkanth Varni into the sadhu fold?

Ramanand Swami

400

Name the five shikharbaddh mandirs built by Shastriji Maharaj and IN ORDER (not baggs)

Bochasan, Sarangpur, Gondal, Atladra, Gadhada

400
  • I spent decades serving at Junagadh Mandir.
  • My spiritual discourses became one of the principal texts studied in BAPS.

Gunatitanand Swami

500

Put these events in order:

  • BAPS founded
  • Pramukh Swami Maharaj became guru
  • Mahant Swami Maharaj became guru
  • Yogiji Maharaj became guru

BAPS founded (1907) → Yogiji Maharaj (1951) → Pramukh Swami Maharaj (1971) → Mahant Swami Maharaj (2016)

500

Name the 10 sections of the Vachanamrut.

Gadhada I, Gadhada II, Gadhada III, Sarangpur, Kariyani, Loya, Panchala, Vadtal, Ahmedabad, Jetalpur

500

During Nilkanth Varni's pilgrimage, he met many spiritual leaders. Name the village where he met Ramanand Swami's disciples and identify those two disciples.

Loj; Muktanand Swami and Sukhanand Swami

500

Who laid the foundation for the worldwide BAPS youth activities we have today?

Yogiji Maharaj

500
  • Along with my sister, I chose a life of deep devotion over worldly comforts.
  • Bhagwan Swaminarayan often stayed at my family's darbar in Gadhada.

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