This serial is a journey on the life of

Swaminarayan Swaminarayan (IAST: '; 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and Asceticism, ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest Theophany, manifestation of Purushottama, around wh ...

, which includes places of worship and temples in

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and around the world. The show was written and directed by

Mulraj Rajda Mulraj Rajda (13 November 1931 – 23 September 2012) was an Indian people, Indian writer, actor and director who predominantly worked in Hindi and Gujarati language, Gujarati films, television shows and theatre. He is regarded as one of the mo ...

. It is probably the most ambitious initiative taken by Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj of the

Narnarayan Dev Gadi The Nar Narayan Dev Gadi (Naranarāyan Dēv Gadī), named after the two forms of supreme lord Nara-Narayana, is one of the two ''Gadis'' (seats) that together form the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. Its headquarter is at the Swaminarayan Temple, Ah ...

, whose idea and initiative this was. The Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad joined hands with Devang Patel and Devang Patel Entertainment to make this serial. The serial has been broadcast on the

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network in India and

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network around the world in 2002. DVDs of this series are available on shelves. In 2009,

Ramanand Sagar Ramanand Sagar (born Chandramauli Chopra; 29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) was an Indian film-television director, producer, and writer. He is best known for his contribution to the television serials '' Ramayan'' (1987–1988) and '' Shr ...

s Sagar Pictures came out with another serial on Swaminarayan, titled ''Sarvopari Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwaan'' to run on

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in India.

Credits

- the one who played ''Janak Raja'' in the popular television serial Ramayan (TV series), on his own screenplay and dialogue, directed this serial on Swaminarayan with

bhajans Bhajan is an Indian term for any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Dharmic religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root w ...

and kirtans. * Devang Patel is the producer, music composer and co-director of the serial. * Maya Govind wrote the lyrics. * Leading singers such as

Anup Jalota Anup Jalota, (born 29 July 1953) is an Indian singer, musician and actor, best known for his contributions to the bhajan and ghazal genre of Indian music. He is popularly known as the ''Bhajan Samraat'' ().Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Ak ...

and

Nitin Mukesh Nitin Mukesh Mathur (born 27 June 1950) is an Indian playback singer known for his work as a playback singer in Hindi films as well as Bhajans. He has toured internationally, including to the United States in 1993, and a world tour in 2006 wi ...

have sung songs for this serial. * Vishal Pandey who hails from

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

played the lead role of Swaminarayan. *

Karmveer Choudhary Karmveer Choudhary sometimes referred as Karamveer Chaudhary (born 24 July 1963, Jhunjhunu District) is an Indian actor and motivational speaker, best known for his works in Hindi cinema and Indian television. Life and career He started his ...

as Father

Notes

{{Swaminarayan Sampraday Swaminarayan Sampradaya Religious television series Zee TV original programming 2002 Indian television series debuts