Thursday 21 September 2023 | Bhadarva Sud 6, Samvat 2079
Thu 21 Sep 2023
The event commenced at 6.00pm with religious discourses and blessings of Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa. Sandhya Aarti niyams were performed from 7.00pm onwards.
Led by the Utsav Mandli, Gurudev Swamibapa was carried on a palanquin as devotees sang kirtans during the Sahi Swagat procession from Swamibapa Hall to the main temple hall. Everyone had an opportunity to perform poojan and aarti to Gurudev Swamibapa.
In his divine blessings, Acharya Swamishree Maharaj explained that a guru enlightens the ignorant. It is only Lord Swaminarayanbapa Swamibapa who can truly enlighten ignorant souls to the supreme bliss of eternal happiness. Lord Swaminarayan showed the importance of a Guru in one’s life by taking Shree Ramanand Swami as His Guru.
At the end of the celebrations, divine Prasad was served to all in attendance.
Acharya Shree Jitendriyapriyadasji Swamiji Maharaj is the current spiritual leader of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. He is the heir to Acharya Shree Purushottampriyadasji Swamishree Maharaj, and sixth in the lineage of ascetic Acharyas, which descends directly from Lord Shree Swaminarayan.