D: Ghanshyam Maharaj

• Bhagwan Swaminarayan was known by the name of Ghanshyam in his childhood.
• Ghanshyam renounced home at the age of 11 to embark on a 7-year, 12,000-kilometre spiritual journey across the length and breadth of India. Walking alone, barefoot, and with almost no possessions, he sanctified places of pilgrimage and inspired thousands to lead a life rooted in morality and spirituality.
• Ending his trek in the state of Gujarat, he built six majestic mandirs and inspired the creation of scores of scriptural texts by his sadhus.
• Bhagwan Swaminarayan’s spiritual teachings were recorded in the Vachanamrut – a collection of his discourses encapsulating Vedic wisdom and methods for implementing it in daily life.