Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada
Swaminarayan Mandir, Gadhada, also known as Gopinathji Dev mandir, is a Hindu temple in Gadhada, Gujarat, India. This Swaminarayan Sampradaya temple is one of the six temples built by the sect's founder Swaminarayan.
The temple at Gadhada
Murtis of Harikrishna, Gopinathji and Radhaji in central shrine
The Swaminarayan Sampradaya, also known as Swaminarayan Hinduism and Swaminarayan movement, is a Hindu Vaishnava sampradaya rooted in Ramanuja's Vishishtadvaita, characterized by the worship of its charismatic founder Sahajanand Swami, better known as Swaminarayan (1781–1830), as an avatar of Krishna or as the highest manifestation of Purushottam, the supreme God. According to the tradition's lore, both the religious group and Sahajanand Swami became known as Swaminarayan after the Swaminarayan mantra, which is a compound of two Sanskrit words, swami and Narayan.
Acharya Ajendraprasad & Acharya Koshalendraprasad
Swaminarayan temple Ahmedabad 1866
Mahant Swami Maharaj, current guru and president of BAPS
Boy offering personal worship