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Swaminarayan is GOD!
Unfortunate, so many pages, ceilings, carvings, buildings; and not one word of wisdom, other than the contention that Swaminarayan is an avatara of Lord Vishnu. There have already been nine avataras ending with Buddha and the tenth, Kalki, to come only at the end of the Yuga. I do not know from where in the last century, so many Bhagawans have come up, Swaminarayan, Shirdi Sai, and Puttaparthy Sai. There are hundreds of others, Balyogeshwar also being one of them (he was a minister in the cabinet of P.V.Narasimharao of the suitcase fame). The escapades of the Nathdwara Swami in Bombay are welknown, the Vadthal Swamis have been exposed, I hope the BAPS Swamis are not like that. If all these are avataras, then you and me are also avataras. Are we any other than Brahman?
Hindus wake up. These people are only fooling you. Keep to your tradition. And as Swami Sivananda used to say, realize your own divineness.
Swaminarayan's arrival was predicted in many Vedic scriptures.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Swaminarayan#Philosophy_and_claims_of_Godhood
BAPS is very much divorce from the Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya. Our conduct is goodwill. We've done many alot of work with the poor and needy. Including education and free medical services. BAPS and the Shree Swaminarayan Sampradaya are cut from different cloths.
http://www.swaminarayan.org/introduction/index.htm