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{{Infobox Hindu leader<br />
|name= Koshalendraprasadji Pande<br />
|caption= Koshalendraprasadji Pande<br />
|image=HH Acharya Maharaj Shri.jpg<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|birth_date= {{Birth date |df=yes|1972|10|18}}<br />
|birth_place= [[Ahmedabad]], [[India]]<br />
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|philosophy= [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]<br />
|honors= 7th [[Acharya]], [[Narnarayan Dev Gadi]]<br />
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'''Koshalendraprasadji Pande''' (October 1971 – 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 Gadi]], [[Ahmedabad]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordswaminarayan.org.uk/Dharmkul.htm |title=Dharmakul}} (primary source)</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Koshalendraprasadji Pande was born on 18 October 1972 in Ahmedabad, India. He is the eldest son of Tejendraprasad Pande, the 6th acharya of the [[NarNarayan Dev Gadi]] of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]. Per tradition in [[Brahmin]] households, Pande received his [[Yajñopavītam]], or sacred thread, during the bicentennial celebrations of [[Swaminarayan]] in 1981 at [[Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir]].<ref name="Williams 2002">{{cite journal|last=Williams|first=Raymond|title=The Sacred Thread|journal=Wabash Magazine|year=2002|issue=Winter/Spring|url=http://www.wabash.edu/magazine/2002/winterspring2002/sacredthread.html|access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref> He studied at [[St. Xavier's High School (Ahmedabad)|St. Xavier School]] and St. Xavier College in Ahmedabad. He was appointed as acharya on 15 October 2004.<ref name="Williams 2002"/><br />
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==Works==<br />
* He established NarNarayan Dev Yuvak Mandal ([[NNDYM]])<ref>{{cite web|title=NNDYM|url=http://www.swaminarayan.info/NNDYM/|publisher=swaminarayan.info|access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref> <br />
* He started celebration of festivals on a large scale before in 1981 in the Swaminarayan Sampraday such as Shardha Satabdi Mahotav, Shashti Purti Mahotsav and the [[Chhapaiya]] Nij Mandir Pran Pratishta Mahotsav.<ref>{{cite web|title=Current Acharya|url=http://www.swaminarayan.info/Acharyas/Display.asp?bookID=76&cat=1|publisher=swaminarayan.info|access-date=5 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528222234/http://www.swaminarayan.info/Acharyas/Display.asp?bookID=76&cat=1|archive-date=28 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> <br />
* He took an initiative for broadcast of TV series [[Jai Shree Swaminarayan]] throughout the world.<ref name = "Times">{{cite news|title=Times Music cassette on Swaminarayan serial launched |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-19/ahmedabad/27122358_1_shri-swaminarayan-cassette-acharya|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220061210/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-19/ahmedabad/27122358_1_shri-swaminarayan-cassette-acharya|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-02-20|date= 2006-01-19|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2009-04-13}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]<br />
* [[NarNarayan Dev Gadi]]<br />
* [[Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj]] - Nivrut Acharya<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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== References ==<br />
* [http://www.lordswaminarayan.org.uk/Dharmkul.htm Dharmakul]<br />
* [http://www.khaasbaat.com/aug2005/faith.htm#temp Pranpratishtha of new temple in USA by Acharya of Ahmedabad.]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.swaminarayan.info Ahmedabad Shree NarNarayan Dev Gadi Website]<br />
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