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Hindustan TimesAhmedabad: A Swaminarayan sect temple in the Botad district of Gujarat recently replaced two murals depicting Lord Hanuman kneeling before and praying with folded hands to the 19th-century seer Sahajanand Swami and the founder of the Swaminarayan sect, HT reported last week. A head of the committee will also be appointed shortly,” said Ashok Rawal, general secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad in Gujarat, which organised a meeting of saints from the sect and the Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha – a body formed recently comprising of heads of various Sampradayas, who call themselves the followers of the Sanatana Dharma. Traditionally, tribals in Gujarat were not Hindus, but the allure of the Swaminarayan sect, with its grand temples and spiritual teachings, has attracted a new generation of followers from these communities,” said Jani. BAPS and other leading Swaminarayan sects do not allow their Swamis to join political parties, but many CMs have been close to the sect and are seen as followers.
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