Bhavnagar: Gadhada (Swamina) Gopinathji Dev Mandir's Temple Board Committee election date has been announced. Polling will take place at Gadhada mandir's building and Lakshmi vadi based polling centres. There are total 29,000 eligible voters in this election which is held every five years. A seven-member board consists four members of Gruhasth vibhag and 1 member each in Sadhu vibhag, Brahmachari vibhag and Parshad vibhag. The election conventionally takes place between Acharya paksh and Dev pa...Read More

Bhavnagar: A dead body of a pujari of Gadhada BAPS Mandir has been found from the mandir. The dead body of a person was found in the morning today on 19th August from Gadhada BAPS mandir. The dead body was identified as that of pujari of the mandir named Pratapsinh Singha. The police staff including DySP, LCB, SOG teams reached the spot after learning about the incident. The police have undertaken the investigation. UPDATE: Botad Police has arrested one Mahendrasinh Rathwa for murder of...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Congress's vice president Indranil Rajyaguru has joined Aam Admi Party (AAP). Rajyaguru is from Rajkot and he had been Congress MLA in the past. Along with him, Congress councilor Vashram Sagathiya has also joined Congress today. Sagathiya had been leader of opposition in Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) in the previous term. In another development speculations went rife that sulking former Congress MLA from Dahegam, Kaminiba Rathod has resigned from the post of Coordinato...Read More

Bhavnagar: Gadhda based Swaminarayan mandir saint SP Swami has been served notice for ban on his entry/presence in six districts - Botad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Amreli, Surendranagar and Ahmedabad. Deputy Collector of district has in a notice issued to Swami sought reply from Swami that why he shouldn't expelled from six districts. The notice is pertaining to breach of public notification and year 2007 road dispute that involved SP Swami. Controversial swami remains in news for different reasons...Read More

Bhavnagar: Gadhada Swaminarayan temple will be now under Dev Paksh which also controls the famous Swaminarayan temples in Vadtal and Sarangpur. The temple was so far was governed by Acharya Paksh. Due to legal fight in courts over voters lists between Acharya Paksh and Dev Paksh, election for Gadhda Temple Board couldn't be held in last 13 years. An election could take place on 5th of May 2019 only after the order by the Supreme Court. There are three temple boards in Vadtal faction ...Read More

Bhavnagar: Complaint has been filed against two Sadhus of old Ghadhda Swaminarayan temple famous for its politically active controversial saint SP Swami. Both sadhus are booked under IPC sections 307, 323, 504, 114 and GP act 135. 27-year old Vishnubhai Humbal has in his complaint said, he owns a mobile phone shop located opposite the old Swaminarayan temple of Gadhda in main bazar area. On 20th October when he was standing close to his shop at around 9 pm, old temple's Maulik Bhagat ca...Read More