Hindola Utsav (5-Day Swing Festival)
Bhagwan Swaminarayan and Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami on the Hindola (swing)
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Hindola Utsav — 5-day Sravan swing festival — when Bhagwan Swaminarayan and Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami are placed on artistically themed hindolas (swings) and gently swung by devotees. Each day's hindola is themed differently (flowers, fruits, sweets, mirrors, lights). Observed at every BAPS mandir worldwide.
Dates 2026–2027
Mantra
स्वामिनारायण स्वामिनारायण / Swaminarayan Swaminarayan
Swaminarayan mahamantra
O Swaminarayan! O Swaminarayan!
How to recite
For the 5 days of Sravan, visit a BAPS mandir to take darshan of the murtis on the beautifully decorated hindola (swing). Each day's hindola is themed differently — flowers, fruits, sweets, mirrors, lights. Sing Hindola kirtans and pad. Offer cooling preparations. Perform mahamantra jaap.
Benefits
Hindola Utsav — the 5-day swing festival in Sravan — celebrates Bhagwan Swaminarayan's lila of swinging on the hindola in the cool monsoon evenings at Gadhada and Vartal. Each BAPS mandir creates artistic themed hindolas — the Sarangpur and Salangpur hindolas are particularly famous, drawing thousands of devotees daily. Cooling sweets and drinks are offered as bhog.
✦ Special Note
Per the official BAPS calendar (baps.org). The dates given are approximate (mid-Sravan). The Sarangpur (BAPS HQ) and Salangpur hindolas are the most famous — drawing thousands of devotees per day. Local BAPS mandirs typically hold the hindola assembly daily through the 5 days with kirtans and themed bhog offerings.
Foods Allowed
Foods to Avoid
Meal Idea
Cooling sweets and drinks — peda, mango lassi, chaas, sherbet — offered to the deities on the hindola and shared as prasad
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