Swaminarayan (Gujarati: સ્વામિનારાયણ, Devanagari: स्वामीनारायण, IAST: ) (2 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami,'s the central figure in a modern form of Hinduism known as the Swaminarayan Faith, a form of Vaisnavism. Swaminarayan was on good terms with the British Imperial Government and had followers not only from Hindu deno… (More on Swaminarayan)