|| Shree Swaminarayano Vijaytetram || Swaminarayan Yuvak Mandal Sydney Nand Santos Presented By Ghanshyam Group.

|| Shree Swaminarayano Vijaytetram ||

Swaminarayan Yuvak Mandal Sydney

Nand Santos

Presented By Ghanshyam Group

Nand Santos• What is meant by the term nand Santos?

• 'Nand Santos' are the saints of the Swaminarayan Sampraday who were initiated Paramhans by Lord Shree Swaminarayan, and came to know His true divinity.

• Gopalanand Swami

• Muktanand Swami

• Brahmanand Swami

• Nishkulanand Swami

Nand Santos

Gopalanand Swami

• Birth Place : Village - Todala

• Father : Motiram Bhatt

• Mother : Kushalbaa

• First Name : Khushal Bhatt

• Date of Birth : The 8th day of the bright half of Maha in V.S. 1837.

Gopalanand Swami

• Learnt scriptures at his schooling age.

• Possessed equal powers as Shriji Maharaj did.

• Spiritual powers.• Shriji Maharaj declared him

as the leader of the sect• Many saints likened Shreeji

Maharaj and gopalanand swami to Rama and Laxman

Muktanand Swami • Birth Place : Amareli

• Date of Birth : The 7th day of the bright half of Pausha, V.S. 1814.

• Father : Anandram

• Mother : Radhabai

• First Name : Mukund Das.

Muktanand Swami • Named 'Mukund Das.‘

• Parents arranged his marriage

• Left home

• Muktanand Swami held main seat as principal disciple of Ramanand Swami.

• Shri Hari called him 'The mother of Satsang'

• He represented swaminarayan sect in the varodhrani sabha.

• Lord Swaminarayan regarded Muktanand Swami as His Guru.

Brahmanand Swami

• Birth Place : Village : Khan

• Father : Gadhavi Shambhudanji

• Mother : Lalba Devi

• Date of Birth : Vasant Panchami, the fifth day of the bright half of Maha, V.S. 1828.

• First Name: ladudanji

Brahmanand Swami • Encounter with Ramanand Swami

before his birth.

• Praised for his poetic genius

• Great architect

• He was true genius, practical and unique in every sense and very popular because of humour.

Nishkulanand Swami • Birth Place : Shekhpat

• Father : Rambhai Suthar

• Mother : Amritbai

• Date of Birth : V.S. 1822 (date unknown)

• Childhood Name : Laljibhai

• Was married with two children.

• He was a carpenter by trade.

• Saved from death by Shreeji Mahraj

• Shriji Maharaj took Laljibhai as his guide in His religious tour of Kutch.

• Nishkulanand Swami was an idol of asceticism and detachment.

• Author of Yamadanda the first scripture of the sampradaya

Nishkulanand

Swami