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Devchandraji (देवचन्द्रजी)

Bhaktmal: Devchandraji
Real name - Devchandra
Other Names - Anant Shri Vibhushit Nijanandacharya Sadguru Shri Devchandraji maharaj, Shri Devchandra Ji Maharaj
Aradhya - Shri Krishna
Born - 11th October 1581
Place of Birth - Umarkot, Sindh, Pakistan
Marital Status - Unmarried
Language - Hindi, Sanskrit, Gujarati
Father- Matu Mehta
Mother - Kunwar Bai
Famous Disciple - Prannathji
Founder - Nijanand Sampradaya

Shri Devchandra Ji Maharaj was the founder of the Nijanand Sampradaya, he had introduced a saintly attitude from his childhood. At the age of 16, he renounced the world and settled in Bhuj in Kutch and later in Jamnagar in search of Brahma-Gyan. Here he explained the Vedas, Vedantic knowledge and Bhagavatam in simple language that was understandable to people irrespective of social class and religious differences. Awakened them to their true selves with the help of divine knowledge called "Tartam". His followers later came to be known as Sundarasath or Pranami.

Consumption of alcohol, non-vegetarian diet, tobacco products etc. are prohibited to the followers of Nijanand sect. Followers recite hymns and verses from his holy book Kuljam Swaroop alias Tartam Sagar, worshiping the holy book as God himself. In the Nijanand temples, which are dedicated to Shri Rajshyamji.

देवचन्द्रजी हिन्दी में पढ़ें

श्री देवचंद्र जी महाराज, निजानन्द सम्प्रदाय के संस्थापक थे उन्होंने बचपन से ही संत प्रवृत्ति का परिचय दिया था।

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