Brahmaswarup Bhagatji Maharaj Jayanti
Brahmaswarup Bhagatji Maharaj — second Aksharbrahman guru of BAPS
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Brahmaswarup Bhagatji Maharaj Jayanti — Maha Vad 11 — the appearance day of the second Aksharbrahman guru of BAPS, born in Mahuva, Saurashtra in 1829. A householder-tailor by profession who attained the supreme spiritual state through pure satsang with Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami. Demonstrates the BAPS principle that householders too can attain the highest spiritual realisation through guru-bhakti.
Dates 2026–2027
Mantra
स्वामिनारायण स्वामिनारायण / Swaminarayan Swaminarayan
Swaminarayan mahamantra
O Swaminarayan! O Swaminarayan!
How to recite
Visit a BAPS mandir for darshan and katha. Read from the Bhagatji Charitra or the published vatos of Bhagatji Maharaj. Perform Swaminarayan mahamantra jaap. Reflect on Bhagatji Maharaj's householder-saint life — he was a tailor by profession in Mahuva who attained the highest spiritual state through pure satsang with Gunatitanand Swami.
Benefits
Brahmaswarup Bhagatji Maharaj (Pragji Bhakta, 1829–1897) is the second Aksharbrahman guru of BAPS. A householder devotee (tailor by profession) of Mahuva, Saurashtra, he became the principal disciple of Gunatitanand Swami at Junagadh and was personally entrusted by Gunatitanand Swami as his successor — the unbroken Aksharbrahman parampara. His most famous disciple was Shastriji Maharaj.
✦ Special Note
Per the official BAPS calendar (baps.org). Bhagatji Maharaj's life is the great BAPS proof that aksharbrahman-realisation is open to householders too — not exclusively to renounced sadhus. Read the Bhagatji Charitra (multi-volume biography by Sadhu Iswarcharandas) for inspiring household-devotee instances.
Foods Allowed
Foods to Avoid
Meal Idea
Gujarati satvik prasad — sukhdi, mohanthal, khichdi-kadhi — taken after the mandir katha
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