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Short
Biography of Shastriji Maharaj
Life Span :
86 years (1865 - 1951 CE).
From 31 January 1865 CE (Maha sud 5, 1921 VS) to
10 May 1951 CE (Vaishakh sud 4, 2007 VS).
Birth Place : Mahelav, Gujarat.
As Guru :
54 years (1897 - 1951 CE).
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Revealed as the third successor by
Bhagatji
Maharaj, Shastriji Maharaj exhibited
extraordinary intellectual and divine powers from early childhood. There seemed to be no
field which he could not master, ranging from Sanskrit and scriptures to mandirs and
architecture. Behind his warm smile, lay a spirit of fire - never compromising truth or
yielding to opposition. Named Yagnapurushdas in sadhu life, he emerged matchless in
spiritual disciplines among all sadhus of his time. He left the parent body with merely five
sadhus and a handful of devotees to propagate the philosophy of Akshar Purushottam as revealed by
Lord
Swaminarayan. There was scathing abuse and
rabid opposition - yet, his saintliness refused to answer insult with insult. To him, animosity
was alien. In 1907 CE, he established the Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam
Swaminarayan Sanstha and erected five beautiful mandirs with the images of Akshar Purushottam
installed in the central shrines.
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