Born as Ghanshyam Pande in Chhapaiya, India on the auspicious day of Ramnavami. Swaminarayan was a great yogi who has mastered ‘Ashtanga Yoga’. He came to be known as ‘Swaminarayan’ when he taught the Swaminarayan Mantra. He was initiated into the ‘Uddhav Sampradaya’ by Swami Ramanand. Later the ‘Uddhav Sampradaya’ came to be known as ‘Swaminarayan Sampradaya’.