13 Facts About Bhagatji Maharaj

Bhagatji Maharaj, born as Pragji Bhakta, was a householder devotee in the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a Hindu denomination.

Bhagatji Maharaj is regarded as the second spiritual successor of Swaminarayan in the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha.

Bhagatji Maharaj's inclusion is the BAPS lineage is remarkable as he was a tailor and was not a saffron-clad swami demonstrating that status does not limit spiritual realization.

Bhagatji Maharaj's father was Govindbhai Darji his mother was Malubai Darji.

Bhagatji Maharaj frequented the Malan River and gave impromptu talks to his friends on the importance of worshipping God.

Bhagatji Maharaj is Swaminarayan's divine abode, and Swaminarayan is not even an atom's distance away from him.

Bhagatji Maharaj would proclaim to all that Gunatitanand Swami was the form of Akshar manifest on the earth.

In 1873, Bhagatji Maharaj first met his eventual successor Shastri Yagnapurushdas in Surat.

Yagnapurushdas, already surprised upon seeing this feat, was further impressed when Bhagatji Maharaj spontaneously addressed his incredulity and unspoken question with the phrase, "One who is wise has innumerable eyes".

Bhagatji Maharaj continued to spread the message of Akshar and Purushottam for the rest of his life.

In November 1898, Bhagatji Maharaj developed a serious illness and stopped consuming food.

Bhagatji Maharaj's life epitomized that liberation was not dependent on caste or social status, but rather on detachment, devotion to God, spiritual realization and the grace of the God-realized guru.

Bhagatji Maharaj taught renunciants the importance of celibacy and of controlling the senses.