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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><mapframe latitude="22.540100" longitude="72.123864" zoom="2" width="200" height="100" align="right" />'''Devanand Swami''' (1803–1854) was an Indian [[swami]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume One (A To Devo) |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA939 |pages=938–939 |year=2006 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 }}</ref><br />
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==Childhood==<br />
He was born in 1803 ([[Bikram Samwat|Samvat]] year 1859 on [[Kartik Poornima]]) in the village of [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bapa+Sitaram+Mandir/@22.5414742,72.1237045,17.75z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x395ed010861ef6f1:0x5ff2cb831382b2e1!2sBalol+Bhal,+Gujarat+363425!3b1!8m2!3d22.5383986!4d72.1253222!3m4!1s0x395ed1f75d671605:0xab27e8dcc294b537!8m2!3d22.5424739!4d72.1243644 Balol Bhal], [[India]]. Devanand Swami's childhood name was Devidan, his mother's name was Bahenjiba, and his father's name was Jijibhai.<br />
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Devidan once held his father's hand and they went to a [[Shiva]] temple. The child was very religious and wanted to please Lord Shiva. A legend says that he spilled some water and milk on the idol. He felt very happy after doing this. Then, Lord Shiva presented a boon to him in that he would meet the supreme lord in person, he would come to his village. Devidan was extremely happy.<br />
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== Becoming a saint ==<br />
Devidan once ran into<br />
Shri [[Swaminarayan]], who was believed to be the lord. Lord Shiva's boon came true. After seeing Lord Swaminarayan do unusual things that the ordinary can't do, he was convinced that Lord Swaminarayan surely was the supreme lord. Lord Swaminarayan initiated him into the [[sadhu]] fold (becoming a saint). He was then renamed Devanand Swami. Devanand Swami's singing was said to be great- he composed few, but he had astounding [[kirtan]]s (religious songs). Devanand Swami was also popular for his great talent with the [[sitar]] (an instrument popular in India). Devanand Swami taught his great talent to many people, such as Dalpatram. After Sadguru [[Brahmanand Swami]] died, he was in charge of the temple at [[Muli (India)|Muli]]. Finally, in 1854 (Samvat 1910) Devanand Swami died.<br />
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