BAPS Shree Swaminarayan Mandirs across Africa celebrated Vasant Panchami. The assemblies in different mandirs consisted of dhun, prarthana and kirtans. There were speeches honoring Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj, Sadguru Nishkulanand Swami, Sadguru Brahmanand Swami - all of whom were born on this auspicious tithi, and the ideals of the Shikshapatri, which Bhagwan Swaminarayan completed writing on this day.