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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > global studies > global governance and world order > global religion > key people in global religion > Pramukh Swami
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Pramukh Swami  

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  • Pramukh Swami (Narayanswarupdas Swami) is the leader of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS) subgroup of Swaminarayan Hinduism. He is revered as the chief devotee of Swaminarayan in a lineage that goes back to Gunatitanand Swami, a companion of Swaminarayan in early 19th-century Gujarat. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Religion; Pramukh Swami]

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