Mahant Swami Trivia

Childhood

100

What was Mahant Swami Maharaj's childhood name?

Vinu Patel

200

What were the names of Mahant Swami Maharaj's parents?

Manibhai and Dahiben Patel

300

Where was Mahant Swami Maharaj born?

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh

400

What name did Shastriji Maharaj give Vinu Patel?

Keshav

500

What is Mahant Swami Maharaj's date of birth? (Both English and Gujarat calendar) 

English: 13 september 1933

Indian: (Bhadarva vad 9, Samvat 1989)

Education

100

At which school did Mahant Swami Maharaj complete his 12th grade education?

Christ Church Boys' Senior Secondary School in Jabalpur

200

True or False:

• Mahant Swami Maharaj graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering. 

false 

300

Fill in the blank:

• Mahant Swami Maharaj attended the College of ___________ in Anand, Gujarat.

Mahant Swami Maharaj attended the College of Agriculture in Anand, Gujarat.

400

What did Mahant Swami Maharaj study in Mumbai after receiving bhagwati diksha?

Sanskrit 

500

What was Mahant Swami Maharaj's favorite subject in school?

science

Diksha

100

At what age did Mahant Swami Maharaj receive parshadi diksha?

24

200

In what year did Mahant Swami Maharaj receive parshadi diksha?

1957

300

At what age did Mahant Swami Maharaj receive bhagwati diksha?

28

400

How many sadhus received bhagwati diksha at the same time as Mahant Swami Maharaj?

51

500

On what year and occasion and was Mahant Swami Maharaj given bhagwati diksha? Where?

In 1961, on the occasion of the Kalash Mahotsav of the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Gadhada.

His favorites

100

What is Mahant Swami Maharaj's favorite sport?

football

200

What is Mahant Swami Maharaj's favorite fruit?

oranges

300

What is Mahant Swami Maharaj's favorite color?

blue

400

What is mahant swami maharaj’s favorite instrument?

flute

500

If mahant swami maharaj were to adorn harikrishana maharaj, what color vagha would he choose?

purple

Bonus

100

What is one of mahant swami maharaj’s favorite things he likes to eat?

mamra

200

What book does mahant swami maharaj enjoy reading in his free time?

yogi vaani

300

We know shastriji maharaj’s and pramukh swami maharaj’s favorite mandir was always sarangpur. What is mahant swami's favorite mandir in India? 

gondal, due to the countless prasangs that have occurred there

400

Besides samp, what is mahant swami's favorite topic to talk about? 

nirdosh buddhi and divyabhav

500

What is the unique fact about Mahant Swami Maharaj's handwriting? (hint: what unique things do you see when reading the 'brahmvidyano path?)

He often uses funny symbols such as stars.