Koshalendraprasadji Pande was born on 18 October 1972 in Ahmedabad, India. He is the eldest son of Tejendraprasad Pande, the 6th acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. Per tradition in Brahmin households, Pande received his Yajñopavītam, or sacred thread, during the bicentennial celebrations of Swaminarayan in 1981 at Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir.[2] He studied at St. Xavier School and St. Xavier College in Ahmedabad. He was appointed as acharya on 15 October 2004.[2]
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He established NarNarayan Dev Yuvak Mandal (NNDYM).[3]
He started celebration of festivals on a large scale before in 1981 in the Swaminarayan Sapraday such as Shardha Satabdi Mahotav, Shashti Purti Mahotsav and the Chhapaiya Nij Mandir Pran Pratishta Mahotsav.[4]
^ abWilliams, Raymond (2002). "The Sacred Thread". Wabash Magazine (Winter/Spring). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^"NNDYM". swaminarayan.info. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^. swaminarayan.info. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^. The Times of India. 19 January 2006. Archived from the original on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
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Dharmakul
Pranpratishtha of new temple in USA by Acharya of Ahmedabad.
External linksedit
Ahmedabad Shree NarNarayan Dev Gadi Website
January 01, 1970
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