History, Values and Activities of Maninagar Swaminarayana Gadi, Temple
Swaminarayana sect is one of the sampraday of Sanatan Dharma and dedicated to Lord Shree Swaminarayana. Now this sect is spread across the world and main centres are located in Gujarat mainly. Lord Swaminarayana manifested on earth in the 18th century and spread teachings of living life, respect of individual, moral values etc. Jeevanpran Shree Muktajeevan Swamibapa had established Swaminarayan Temple in Maninagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat as the headquarters of the Swaminarayan Gadi faith in 1942. Since the establishment, Maninagar Gadi is stand as the worldwide centre for spiritual, cultural and social welfare. Temple trust is always engaged with several activities for the welfare of humanity like providing food and shelter to the poor, medical and educational services, urgent relief assistance during every natural disasters.
Shree Jitendriyapriyadasji Swamiji Maharaj is the current spiritual leader of Maninagar Gadi Sansthan as the successor to Acharya Shree Purushottampriyadasji Swamishree Maharaj.