Historedia
Person

Swaminarayan

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1817–1826

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Swaminarayan, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir inaugurated at Ahmedabad

    1817–1822

    Role: Founder of Swaminarayan Sampradaya (reconciled to person uuid fc73a232-4a05-4668-8845-8eba1330b7fc, Sahajanand Swami)

    1. 1817-1819 · AhmedabadBritish Land Grant Process

      British officials in Ahmedabad granted land to Swaminarayan for the construction of the mandir following approvals from England.

    2. 24 February 1822 · Kalupur areaInauguration of Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir

      Swaminarayan inaugurated the first Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad on 24 February 1822, attended by 50,000 people.

  2. Swaminarayan writes the Shikshapatri

    1826

    Role: Author

    1. 11 February 1826 · Vadtal (institutional context only; place of writing unrecorded)Writing of the Shikshapatri

      Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri, a 212-verse religious text, on 11 February 1826, establishing a key scriptural tradition for his followers.

Sources

  1. Swaminarayan Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03
  2. Swaminarayan Temple, Ahmedabad Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-01
  3. Shikshapatri Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-22