Bhaktimal | Mahant Swami Maharaj
Real Name - Vinu Patel
Other Name - Keshavjivandas Swami
Guru - Yogiji Maharaj, Pramukh Swami Maharaj
Aaradhya - Bhagwan Swaminarayan
Born - 13 September 1933
Place of Birth - Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Marital Status - Unmarried
Language - English,Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati
Father- Manibhai Naranbhai Patel
Mother - Dahiben Patel
Famous - Present Guru and President of
BAPSHis Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj (Swami Keshavjivandasji) is the sixth and current spiritual leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. Mahant Swami Maharaj received initiation as a Hindu Swami from Yogiji Maharaj in 1961.
It is said that His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj is constantly in touch with God. He should be considered by the devotees as "a perfect servant of the Bhagwan, completely filled with the Bhagwan and therefore worthy of reverence and worship".
According to the teachings of Swaminarayan, Akshar-Purushottam philosophy, devotees consider Swaminarayan to be manifested on earth through the present form of Akshar, Mahant Swami Maharaj. Thus, followers of BAPS believe that by doing devotion to the Guru, they offer it to Swaminarayan himself.