LETTER OF REVELATION BY PRAMUKH SWAMI MAHARAJ

On 20 July 2012, in the presence of senior sadhus, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj revealed in a handwritten letter that Mahant Swami (Sadhu Keshavjivandas) would succeed him as the spiritual guru and president of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. This letter was read by Sadhu Swayamprakashdas (Pujya Doctor Swami), a senior sadhu of BAPS, on 14 August 2016 during a special prayer assembly in Sarangpur following the passing of Pramukh Swami Maharaj the previous day.

Swami Shriji

Shri Akshar Purushottam Mandir, 20-7-2012, Friday Shahibaug, AhmedabadShravan sud 1, 2068

I would like to inform all the sadhus and householder devotees of Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, established by Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj, Swamishri Yagnapurushdasji, that I appoint with happiness and joy, and in my fullest conscious state, Pujya Mahant Swami, Sadhu Keshavjivandas (Guru Gnanjivandas), as the President of BAPS, that is, as the guru, after my physical departure.

Jai Swaminarayan from Shastri Narayanswarupdas Guru Yagnapurushdasji