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HH Mahant Swami Maharaj's Vicharan

14 Jan 2026, Ahmedabad, India

Jholi Celebrations, Guruhari Darshan, 14 Jan 2026 (16:55)

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj, Bhagwan Shri Krishna and Shri Radhaji

Shri Sukhshaiya

Devotees doing darshan of Thakorji

Brahmaswarup Bhagatji Maharaj

Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj

Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj

Bhagwan Swaminarayan (abhishek murti)

Devotees perform abhishek of Bhagwan Swaminarayan

Brahmaswarup Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Pragat Brahmaswarup Mahant Swami Maharaj

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Param Pujya Mahant Swami Maharaj performs his daily puja

Swamishri turns the mala in his daily puja

A sadhak sings a kirtan in Swamishri's daily puja

Thal is offered to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri offers thal to Thakorji

Swamishri sanctifies water with the holy relics of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the Guru Parampara

Swamishri adds flowers to the sanctified water

Swamishri reverently touches the holy charanarvind of Shri Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj

Swamishri touches his eyes after reverently touching the holy charanarvind of Shri Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj

Swamishri places a flower at the feet of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri reads the Shikshapatri and Satsang Diksha

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Nilkanth Varni

Yuvaks sing kirtans at the beginning of the morning Uttarayan-Jholi celebration assembly

Adarshjivan Swami addresses the assembly

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami addresses the assembly

Devotees during the assembly

Anandswarup Swami offers the string of a kite to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri holds the string of a kite

Swamis and devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri holds the string of a kite

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Swamis doing darshan of Swamishri

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri and senior swamis perform the arti

Swamishri performs the morning arti

Swamis and devotees doing darshan of the arti

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami perform the arti

Devotees hail 'Swaminarayan Bhagwan ni jai'

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Anandswarup Swami and Dharmatilak Swami honor Swamishri with a garland

Swamis honor Swamishri with a garland

Yuvaks perform a traditional dance

Swamis and devotees watch the performance

Yuvaks perform a traditional dance

Devotees during the assembly

Swamishri blesses the Uttarayan-Jholi celebration assembly

Swamishri blesses the assembly

Swamishri displays a message for Dhanurmas

Devotees during the assembly

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri, Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami proclaim the jholi call

Swamishri blesses devotees

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri interacts with devotees

Devotees add jholi sankalp cards in Swamishri's jholi

Swamishri interacts with devotees

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami greet all with folded hands

Swamishri interacts with devotees

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses devotees

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Devotees add jholi sankalp cards in the jholi

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri proclaims the jholi call in the Pramukh Swami Auditorium

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami proclaim the jholi call

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri proclaims the jholi call

Devotees in the Pramukh Swami Auditorium doing darshan of Swamishri

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri proclaims the jholi call

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees add jholi sankalp cards in Swamishri's jholi

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Anandswarup Swami greets all with folded hands

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami greets all with folded hands

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Swamishri arrives for Thakorji's darshan in the evening

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj, Bhagwan Shri Krishna and Shri Radhaji

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri arrives for the evening assembly on the terrace

Swamis doing darshan during the assembly

Swamishri holds nadachhadi strings during an activity

Swamishri participates in an activity

Aerial view of the assembly

Swamishri holds the string of a kite

Swamis doing darshan of Swamishri

Aerial view of the mandir

Swamishri listens attentively to details presented to him

Swamishri blesses swamis

Swamis doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses swamis

Swamis during the assembly

Swamishri shares a light moment with swamis

Swamishri performs the evening arti

Swamis doing darshan of the arti

Swamishri performs the arti

Swamishri offers thal to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Aa To Dena Bank Chhe, Lena Bank Nathi.

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad

Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj, Bhagwan Shri Krishna and Shri Radhaji

Shri Sukhshaiya

Devotees doing darshan of Thakorji

Brahmaswarup Bhagatji Maharaj

Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj

Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj

Bhagwan Swaminarayan (abhishek murti)

Devotees perform abhishek of Bhagwan Swaminarayan

Brahmaswarup Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Pragat Brahmaswarup Mahant Swami Maharaj

Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Param Pujya Mahant Swami Maharaj performs his daily puja

Swamishri turns the mala in his daily puja

A sadhak sings a kirtan in Swamishri's daily puja

Thal is offered to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri offers thal to Thakorji

Swamishri sanctifies water with the holy relics of Bhagwan Swaminarayan and the Guru Parampara

Swamishri adds flowers to the sanctified water

Swamishri reverently touches the holy charanarvind of Shri Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj

Swamishri touches his eyes after reverently touching the holy charanarvind of Shri Akshar-Purushottam Maharaj

Swamishri places a flower at the feet of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri reads the Shikshapatri and Satsang Diksha

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Nilkanth Varni

Yuvaks sing kirtans at the beginning of the morning Uttarayan-Jholi celebration assembly

Adarshjivan Swami addresses the assembly

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami addresses the assembly

Devotees during the assembly

Anandswarup Swami offers the string of a kite to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Swamishri holds the string of a kite

Swamis and devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri holds the string of a kite

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Swamis doing darshan of Swamishri

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri and senior swamis perform the arti

Swamishri performs the morning arti

Swamis and devotees doing darshan of the arti

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami perform the arti

Devotees hail 'Swaminarayan Bhagwan ni jai'

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Anandswarup Swami and Dharmatilak Swami honor Swamishri with a garland

Swamis honor Swamishri with a garland

Yuvaks perform a traditional dance

Swamis and devotees watch the performance

Yuvaks perform a traditional dance

Devotees during the assembly

Swamishri blesses the Uttarayan-Jholi celebration assembly

Swamishri blesses the assembly

Swamishri displays a message for Dhanurmas

Devotees during the assembly

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri, Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami proclaim the jholi call

Swamishri blesses devotees

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri interacts with devotees

Devotees add jholi sankalp cards in Swamishri's jholi

Swamishri interacts with devotees

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami greet all with folded hands

Swamishri interacts with devotees

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses devotees

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Devotees add jholi sankalp cards in the jholi

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri proclaims the jholi call in the Pramukh Swami Auditorium

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami and Anandswarup Swami proclaim the jholi call

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri proclaims the jholi call

Devotees in the Pramukh Swami Auditorium doing darshan of Swamishri

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

'Swaminarayan Hare, Sachchidanand Prabho...' Swamishri proclaims the jholi call

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees add jholi sankalp cards in Swamishri's jholi

Swamishri during the assembly

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Anandswarup Swami greets all with folded hands

Pujya Ishwarcharan Swami greets all with folded hands

Swamishri greets all with folded hands

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri during the assembly

Swamishri arrives for Thakorji's darshan in the evening

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Bhagwan Swaminarayan, Aksharbrahma Gunatitanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Shri Harikrishna Maharaj, Bhagwan Shri Krishna and Shri Radhaji

Swamishri engrossed in darshan of Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj

Devotees doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri arrives for the evening assembly on the terrace

Swamis doing darshan during the assembly

Swamishri holds nadachhadi strings during an activity

Swamishri participates in an activity

Aerial view of the assembly

Swamishri holds the string of a kite

Swamis doing darshan of Swamishri

Aerial view of the mandir

Swamishri listens attentively to details presented to him

Swamishri blesses swamis

Swamis doing darshan of Swamishri

Swamishri blesses swamis

Swamis during the assembly

Swamishri shares a light moment with swamis

Swamishri performs the evening arti

Swamis doing darshan of the arti

Swamishri performs the arti

Swamishri offers thal to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Gunatitanand Swami Maharaj

Aa To Dena Bank Chhe, Lena Bank Nathi.

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