Swaminarayan, Indian religious leader (born 1781)

Swaminarayan

Founder of Swaminarayan Sampradaya (1781-1830)

Swaminarayan, also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest manifestation of Purushottama, around whom the Swaminarayan Sampradaya developed.