Shastriji Maharaj (1865–1951) was born in a family of farmers in Gujarat in the year 1865. His birth name was Dungar Patel and he was known as Shastri Yagnapurushdas, and he was a saint of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya and founded the BAPS Mandir in the year 1907 in Gujarat. During 1950s, he appointed Pramukh Swami […]