garbhagruh_bhagatji_maharaj

Bhagatji Maharaj was the second spiritual successor of Bhagwan Swaminarayan after Gunatitanand Swami. His life, a shining inspiration to all seekers of truth and liberation, is a story of ultimate devotion and unconditional surrender. His birth in a humble tailor family in a caste-bound society did not stop Gunatitanand Swami from recognizing Bhagatji Maharaj’s divinity and revealing him as the next spiritual successor. Bhagatji Maharaj preached Swaminarayan’s true philosophy of Akshar Purushottam despite great difficulties. He followed the dharma of a celibate renunciant and was respected by lay devotees and renunciants even though he had not been initiated as a sadhu. To those who accepted the Swaminarayan Akshar Purushottam philosophy, he promised, “I shall take away your robes of illusion and give you robes eternal.” In honour of his fearless preaching of the truth of Akshar Purushottam, Bhagatji Maharaj stands in the central sanctum with scripture in hand, extolling the greatness of God and Guru.
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