History
Shastri Yagnapurushdas left the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday with permission to do Vicharan (religious travels), Bochasan Swaminarayan Sanstha or BSS (now BAPS) was founded on both the Vedic principles of God and his ideal devotee. BAPS believes Bhagwan Swaminarayan to be God and his ideal devotee to be Gunatitanand Swami who was the rightful successor to Bhagwan Swaminarayan in 1906. After leaving of his own accord, he was later expelled from the Vadtal Gadi by the then Vadtal acharya in a hastily called meeting.
The difference in interpretation of the beliefs withheld within the Sampraday led to the creation of group. The first traditional temple with the centerpiece murtis (shrines) of both Akshar and Purushottam was built in Bochasan in 1907, marking the beginning of BSS, later renamed to BAPS. Shastriji Maharaj then went on to build temples in Sarangpur (1916), Atladra (1945), Gondal (1934), and Gadhada (1951 with successor Yogiji Maharaj).
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