Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (died 2016)

Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Indian guru (1921–2016)

Pramukh Swami Maharaj was the guru and Pramukh, or president, of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a Hindu denomination. BAPS regards him as the fifth spiritual successor of Swaminarayan, following…