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BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha

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Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha, often abbreviated as BAPS is a worldwide religious and civic organization within the Swaminarayan branch of Hinduism. BAPS was established as a formal organization on 5 June 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj. It was formed on the founder's doctrinal stand that Swaminarayan had promised to remain present through a lineage of Gunatit Gurus or Akshar dating all the way back to Gunatitanand Swami - Swaminarayan's foremost principal devotee. Gunatitanand Swami was succeeded by Bhagatji Maharaj, Shastriji Maharaj, Yogiji Maharaj, Prumukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj. Due to the organizational emphasis on the Akshar Purushottam doctrine, it essentially forms the organization's middle name.