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Koshalendraprasadji Pande
Koshalendraprasadji Pande
Personal
Born (1972-10-18) 18 October 1972 (age 51)
Ahmedabad, India
ReligionHinduism
PhilosophySwaminarayan Sampraday
Honors7th Acharya, Narnarayan Dev Gadi

Koshalendraprasadji Pande (born 18 October 1972) is the current acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (15 October 2004 – present) and is the 7th successor of Swaminarayan in the North Diocese (NarNarayan Dev Gadi, Ahmedabad).[1]

Biography

Koshalendraprasadji Pande was born on 18 October 1972 in Ahmedabad, India. He is the eldest son of Tejendraprasad Pande, the 6th acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. Per tradition in Brahmin households, Pande received his Yajñopavītam, or sacred thread, during the bicentennial celebrations of Swaminarayan in 1981 at Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir.[2] He studied at St. Xavier School and St. Xavier College in Ahmedabad. He was appointed as acharya on 15 October 2004.[2]

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Notes

  1. ^ "Dharmakul". (primary source)
  2. ^ a b Williams, Raymond (2002). "The Sacred Thread". Wabash Magazine (Winter/Spring). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. ^ "NNDYM". swaminarayan.info. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Current Acharya". swaminarayan.info. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Times Music cassette on Swaminarayan serial launched". The Times of India. 19 January 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2009.

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External links

Nar Narayan Dev Gadi and Lakshmi Narayan Dev Gadi
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