He was also very adept in temple management. Дungar continued to excel in his studies of the Sarasvat and other Sanskrit texts. His meticulousness and dedication to his duties caught the attention of Acharya Viharilalji Maharaj (the Acharya of the Vadtal diocese) and Gordhanbhai Kothari (Chief Administrator of the Vadtal diocese), both of whom shared a love and admiration for Dungar that would persist despite the doctrinal differences that would later emerge. During this period, Dungar immersed himself in devotional service and scriptural study. Having found a suitable senior swami to learn under in Vignananand Swami, Dungar decided to become a swami himself :вЂЉ22 and live a life of devotional service and asceticism. This initial education would be further enhanced under Vignananand Swami :вЂЉ13 an illustrious and eminent swami who had been initiated by Swaminarayan.Дungar initially came into contact with Vignananand Swami during the Chaitra festival in 1881 :вЂЉ23 whereupon the Swami impressed Dungar with his spirituality and renunciation of material objects. :вЂЉ13 In addition to this, Dungar often interacted with swamis at the Swaminarayan temple in Mahelav and began studying the Bhagavad Gita and other Hindu scriptures under them. He first received formal education at the village school under the tutelage of Gangaram Mehta of Alindra. These include his preference for building mandirs out of sand while other children his age played with toys, his observance of religious fasts from a young age and an impromptu recital of the Mahabharata to the entire village. Various anecdotes of Shastriji MaharajвЂ™s childhood demonstrate his early spiritual inclination and intellectual prowess. :вЂЉ2 His parents, Dhoribhai and Hetba Patel had 4 other children, Mathurbhai, Laldas, Sonaba and Raliatben, of which Dungar was the youngest. :вЂЉ60Д«irthplace and Childhood home of Shastriji Maharaj (Dungar Patel) in Mahelav, GujaratДungar Patel was born on 31 January 1865 in Mahelav into a deeply religious family. In the early 1950s, having successfully laid the foundations of BAPS, he appointed Pramukh Swami Maharaj as its administrative head to serve under Yogiji Maharaj, whom he appointed as his spiritual successor. As staunch proponent of this mode of worship, he consecrated the sacred images of Swaminarayan (as a manifestation of Purushottam) and Gunatitanand Swami (as a manifestation of Akshar) in the central shrines of major mandirs in the towns of Bochasan, Sarangpur, Atladara (now an area of Vadodara), Gondal, and Gadhada in Gujarat, India. Shastriji Maharaj is credited with establishing BAPS on 5 June 1907 CE in Bochasan, Gujarat to propagate the Akshar-Purushottam Upasana (worship of Akshar (guru) and Purushottam (Swaminarayan)), which according to him had been revealed by Swaminarayan and was passed on to him from his own guru, Bhagatji Maharaj. :вЂЉ40 :вЂЉ22 He established BAPS after a doctrinal split from the Vadtal diocese of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. :вЂЉ35 The prefix Shastri was later added in recognition of his eminent scholarship in Sanskrit and the Hindu scriptures. :вЂЉ61вЂ“62 :вЂЉ329вЂ“330 Born in a family of farmers in central Gujarat, India, he became a swami within the Vadtal diocese of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya at the age of 17 where he was given the name Yagnapurushdas Swami. :вЂЉ22 Several branches accept him as the third spiritual successor of Swaminarayan in the lineage of Aksharbrahma Gurus through whom Swaminarayan manifests, which began with Gunatitanand Swami. Shastriji Maharaj (31 January 1865 вЂ“ ), born Dungar Patel :вЂЉ3 and ordained Shastri Yagnapurushdas, was a swami of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya and founder of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). Founder of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS)

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