India: Head priest of Swaminarayan Temple at Vadtal in Kheda appeales to the devotees to support the BJP

"Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the silver jubilee celebrations of Akshardham Temple of the Swaminarayan sect in Gandhinagar, the head priest of Swaminarayan Temple at Vadtal in Kheda on Saturday appealed to the devotees to support the BJP in the Gujarat Assembly elections. He said the organisation is “forever indebted” to the incumbent state government.

The Swaminaryan sect has a large following among the Patidar community members. Mukhya kothari (chief administrator) of the temple Maharaj Ghanshyam Prasad Das made the appeal — in the presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other BJP leaders — while addressing an event to mark the auspicious Kartik Poornima. The event was attended by around 1,700 priests from across Gujarat." [. . .]

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