Thursday 9 February 2023 | Maha Vad 4, Samvat 2079
Thu 9 Feb 2023
On Monday, May 14th, 2018, a team of seven eminent sants arrived to the United States at Newark Liberty International Airport. The sant mandal was received at the airport by local disciples and then brought to Shree Swaminarayan Temple - Secaucus, New Jersey.
The welcome reception for the sant mandal was held the next day at Secaucus Temple. Hundreds of disciples attended the welcome reception which coincided with Sadguru Din samayo. Sants and disicples performed kirtan bhakti and dhyaan before performing sandhya aarti and niyams. The event concluded with katha and the welcome ceremony. During the ceremony, disciples offered flower garlands to the sants to mark the start of the 2018 North America vicharan.
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.