This serial is a journey on the life of

Swaminarayan Swaminarayan (IAST: ', 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and Asceticism, ascetic, who is believed by followers to be a manifestation of God Krishna, or as the highest Theophany, manifestation of ...

, which includes places of worship and temples in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and around the world. The show was written and directed by

Mulraj Rajda Mulraj Rajda (13 November 1931 – 23 September 2012) was an Indian people, Indian writer, actor and director who predominantly worked in Hindi and Gujarati language, Gujarati films, television shows and theatre. He is regarded as one of the m ...

. It is probably the most ambitious initiative taken by

Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj Koshalendraprasadji Pande (October 1972 – present) is the current acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (15 October 2004 – present) and is the 7th successor of Swaminarayan in the North Diocese (NarNarayan Dev G ...

of the

Narnarayan Dev Gadi The Naranarāyan Dēv Gadī, named after Nara-Narayana, NarNarayan Dev, is one of the two ''Gadis'' (seats) that together form the Swaminarayan Sampraday. Its headquarter is at the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad and controls the Uttar Vib ...

, whose idea and initiative this was. The

Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad Shree Swaminarayan Mandir Kalupur ( gu, શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણ મંદિર, અમદાવાદ, Devnagari: श्री स्वामिरायण मन्दिर, अहमदाबाद) is the first T ...

joined hands with

Devang Patel Devang Patel (born 1970) is an Indian singer, actor, rapper, songwriter, dancer, film producer, film director and music performer. Career ''Muratiyo No. 1'' (2005) and ''Vanechandno Varghodo'' (2007), both starring Devang Patel, were big budg ...

and Devang Patel Entertainment to make this serial. The serial has been broadcast on the

SAB TV Sony SAB (formerly SAB TV) is an Indian pay television channel owned by Culver Max Entertainment. History Sony SAB was launched as SAB TV by Gautam Adhikari and Markand Adhikari under their company Sri Adhikari Brothers (thus the acronym) on ...

network in India and

Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...

network around the world in 2002. DVDs of this series are available on shelves. In 2009,

Ramanand Sagar Chandramauli Chopra ( ; 29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) known professionally as Ramanand Sagar, was an Indian filmmaker, editor, playwright, poet and an author. He is best known for making the television show '' Ramayan'' (1987-1988). The ...

s Sagar Pictures came out with another serial on Swaminarayan, titled ''Sarvopari Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwaan'' to run on

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in India.

Credits

- the one who played ''Janak Raja'' in the popular television serial Ramayan (TV series), on his own screenplay and dialogue, directed this serial on Swaminarayan with

bhajans Bhajan refers to any devotional song with a religious theme or spiritual ideas, specifically among Indian religions, in any language. The term bhajanam (Sanskrit: भजनम्) means ''reverence'' and originates from the root word ''bhaj'' ...

and kirtans. * Devang Patel is the producer, music composer and co-director of the serial. * Maya Govind wrote the lyrics. * Leading singers such as

Anup Jalota Anup Jalota, (born 29 July 1953) is an Indian singer, musician and actor, best known for his contributions to the Bhajan genre of Indian Music. He is popularly known as the "Bhajan Samraat" (Emperor of Bhajans).Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Aka ...

and

Nitin Mukesh Nitin Mukesh Mathur is an Indian playback singer known for his work as a playback singer in Hindi films as well as Bhajans. He has toured internationally, including to the United States in 1993, and a world tour in 2006 with his show ''Kal Ki Y ...

have sung songs for this serial. * Vishal Pandey who hails from

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

played the lead role of Swaminarayan. *

Karmveer Choudhary Karmveer Choudhary sometimes referred as Karamveer Chaudhary (born 24 July 1963, Jhunjhunu District) is an Indian actor and motivational speaker, best known for his works in Hindi cinema and Indian television. Life and career He started his ...

as Father

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{{Swaminarayan Sampraday Swaminarayan Sampradaya Indian television series Religious television series Zee TV original programming 2002 Indian television series debuts