Wednesday 6 July 2022 | Ashadh Sud 7, Samvat 2078
Wed 6 Jul 2022
On Wednesday 6th April 2005, Acharya Swamishree performed the Patotsav ceremony of Lord Swaminarayanbapa Swamibapa in Bavla.
During the evening of 5th April 2005, Acharya Swamishree arrived in Bavla. He presided over the evening assembly, during which the closing celebrations of the Youth Convention were held.
Part of the convention included the continual scribing of the supreme Swaminarayan Mahamantra. Acharya Swamishree presented gifts to the winners of the convention competitions. During the period of the convention, the devotees of Bavla alone wrote 11,779,960 mantras.
The next day, Wednesday 6th April, Acharya Swamishree performed the Patotsav ceremony of Lord Swaminarayanbapa Swamibapa, before returning to Maninagar. That evening, He went to Mumbai for one day and returned to Maninagar on Thursday night, in time to preside over the Shree Sadguru Din Commemoration on Friday 8 th April. Immediately after the commemorations concluded, Acharya Swamishree left Maninagar and went to Panchmahal.
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.