BhagwanSwaminarayan (April 3, 1781 - 1830) was born as Ghanshyam Pande to a brahmin family in the village of Chhapaiya, U.P., India. His father's name was Hariprasad Pande (also known as Dharmadev) and his mother's name was Premvati (also known as Bhaktimata).
After serving his parents, he left home at the age of 11 to travel over 8,000 miles throughout India on a holy pilgrimage for over 7 years.
On completion of the 7 years’ sojourn of India, the Lord met up with Ramanand Swami, and established the purest and unadulterated form of religion, based on ultimate devotion to God only, with total observance of non-violent dharma. Shreeji Maharaj re-introduced the non-violent yagnas, on a grand scale. He instructed numerous acts of social welfare; alms-houses, digging of village wells / lakes, explained in detail why it is important to worship Satvic deities. Shreeji Maharaj discredited the act of enforced Sati & female infanticide.
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