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292                        <p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sahajanand-swami-abus.jpg" alt="Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan" /></p>
293<p class="text-center">Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan</p>
294<p class="text-justify" style="font-size: 18px;">In early part of 19th century, Almighty Supreme GOD [Bhagawan] incarnate Himself as <strong>Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan</strong> also known as <strong>Shree Harikrishna Maharaj</strong> and <strong>Sahajanand Swami</strong> , in Holy village of <strong>Chhapaiya</strong> near <strong>Ayodhya</strong> [<strong>birth place of Bhagwan Ram</strong>] in <strong>Uttar Pradesh</strong>, India. Keeping the ideology of ‘<strong>Sanatan Vedic Dharma</strong>’ based on the philosophy of</p>
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296<h5 style="text-align: center;">Yada yada hi dharmasya glanirbhavati bharata<br />
297Abhythanamadharmasya tadatmanam srijamyaham ॥4-7॥</h5>
298<h5 style="text-align: center;">Paritranaya sadhunang vinashay cha dushkritam<br />
299Dharmasangsthapanarthay sambhabami yuge yuge ॥4-8॥</h5>
300<p>&nbsp;</p>
301<p class="text-justify" style="font-size: 18px;">i.e to protect and uplift the essence of Dharma and to discourage and eliminate the evils thoughts and activities, He established<strong> ‘Shree Swaminarayan Sampraday’ [ a part of pure Vaishnavism]</strong> based on the principles of<strong> ‘pure Upasana and Bhakti’</strong> by remaining on path of ‘Dharma’ i.e Sadachar. He, following the age old tradition of <strong>Guru Shishya Parampara</strong> accepted <strong>Shree Ramanand Swami [Uddhavji]</strong> as His Guru in <strong>Samvat year 1857 Prabodhini Ekadashi</strong> and there after became The Acharya, a Supreme head of Religion in Samvat year 1858 Prabodhini Ekadashi. He engrossed and attract the large number of community of all the caste and creed in most of India through his divine preaching’s. He also established number of Temples in Gujarat, India and for purpose of administration of these temples and sect, He divided India in two parts namely <strong>Shree Nar Narayan Dev Gadi – Northern dioceses having head seat at Ahmedabad</strong> and <strong>Shree Laxmi Narayan Dev Gadi –southern Dioceses with Head seat at Vadtal</strong>, with an Imaginary line between Kolkatta [East] to Dwarka [West] and executed <a href="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/literature/scripture/desh-vibhag-no-lekh/">‘<strong>Desh Vibhag Lekh</strong>’</a> and <a href="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/literature/scripture/shikshapatri/">‘<strong>Shikshapatri</strong>’</a> as governing scripture. He adopted and installed his two nephews namely <strong>H. H. Shri Ayodhyaprasadji</strong> and <strong>H.H. Shree Raghuvirprasadji</strong> as The Acharya in Northern and Southern Dioceses respectively. Thus the Sampraday under the Headship of The Acharya gradually and constantly made progress and flourished in India and abroad.</p>
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303<p class="text-justify" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>Presently</strong>, His Holy Highness <a href="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/about-us/acharyas/ajendraprasadji-maharaj/"><strong>Shree 1008 Acharya Shree Ajendraprasadji Maharaj</strong></a> is adorning <strong>Shri LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi of Vadtal</strong> and <a href="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/about-us/acharyas/nrigendraprasadji-maharaj/"><strong>H. H. Lalji Shree 108 Shree Nrigendraprasadji Maharaj</strong></a> is nominated as <strong>Bhavi Acharya [Acharya designated]</strong> to succeed him. Number of new temples and religious- social -activities are in progress under the Orders, guidance and blessings of H. H. Acharya Maharaj Shree.</p>
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305<p class="text-justify" style="font-size: 18px;">સનાતન વૈદિક ધર્મના રક્ષણ અને ઉત્થાન માટે તેમજ અધર્મ અને આસુરીવૃત્તિઓનો નાશ કરવા માટે શ્રીમદ્‌ ભગવદ્‌ ગીતામાં કહ્યા મુજબ</p>
306<h5 style="text-align: center;">यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।<br />
307अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥</h5>
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308परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।<br />
309धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥</h5>
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313<p class="text-justify" style="font-size: 18px;">ભગવાન શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણે શુદ્ધ ઉપાસના જળવાઈ રહે અને મોક્ષનો માર્ગ અવિરત ચાલુ રહે તે હેતુથી મંદિરોના નિર્માણ કરાવ્યા અને સમગ્ર સંપ્રદાયની વહીવટી સરળતા રહે તે હેતુથી ભારતના કલકતાથી દ્વારકા સુધીના ઉત્તર અને દક્ષિણ વિભાગ કરી <strong>અમદાવાદ ઉત્તર વિભાગ શ્રી નરનારાયણ દેવ ગાદી</strong> અને <strong>વડતાલ દક્ષિણ વિભાગ શ્રીલક્ષ્મીનારાયણ દેવ ગાદીની</strong> સ્થાપના કરી, પોતાના બે ભત્રીજાને દત્તક લઈ <strong>શ્રી અયોધ્યાપ્રસાદજી મહારાજને અમદાવાદ ગાદીના આચાર્ય તરીકે</strong> અને <strong><a href="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/about-us/acharyas/raghuvirji-maharaj/">શ્રી રઘુવીરજી મહારાજ</a>ને વડતાલ ગાદીના આચાર્ય તરીકે નિમણુંક કરી</strong>. <strong>વડતાલને સંપ્રદાયનું મુખ્ય કેન્દ્ર બનાવ્યું</strong>. ‘સર્વજીવહિતાવહ’ શિક્ષાપત્રી અને દેશવિભાગના લેખની રચના કરી આશ્રિતો માટે વર્તવાના નિયમો આપ્યા. વડતાલ ગાદીની આચાર્ય પરંપરાના નેતૃત્વ હેઠળ શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણ સંપ્રદાય ધીરે ધીરે ભારત સહિત દેશ-વિદેશમાં સતત પ્રગતિ કરતો રહ્યો છે.</p>
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315<p class="text-justify" style="font-size: 18px;"><strong>શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણ સંપ્રદાયનુ સર્વોચ્ચ તીથધામ વડતાલ</strong>, જ્યાં ભગવાન શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણે સર્વજીવહિતાવહ ‘<a href="https://www.swaminarayanvadtalgadi.org/literature/scripture/shikshapatri/"><strong>શિક્ષાપત્રી</strong></a>’ સ્વહસ્તે લખી અને <strong>વડતાલને શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણ સંપ્રદાયનું મુખ્ય ગાદી સ્થાન બનાવ્યુ.</strong> અહી મંદિરમાં ભગવાન શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણે <strong>સ્વહસ્તે નિજસ્વરૂપ ‘શ્રી હરિકૃષ્ણ મહારાજ’</strong>ની સ્થાપના કરી સાથે <strong>શ્રી લક્ષ્મીનારાયણદેવ, શ્રી રણછોડરાયજી, શ્રી રાધાકૃષ્ણદેવ, અને શ્રી વાસુદેવનારાયણ સહિત ધર્મપિતા-ભક્તિ માતા ને પધરાવ્યા.</strong>દરરોજ હજારો શ્રધ્ધાળુઓ અહી દર્શનાર્થે આવે છે.</p>
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