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{{Infobox Hindu leader
|name= Narayanprasaddasji Swami નારાયણપ્રસાદદાસજી સ્વામી
|image= Narayanprasaddasji_Shastri_Swami .JPG
|caption= તપોમૂર્તિ સદ્દગુરુ શાસ્ત્રી સ્વામી શ્રી નારાયણપ્રસાદદાસજી
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
|sect= [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/>
|known_for= [[Tapas (Indian religions)|Tapas (તપોમૂર્તિ)]],<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/> Sanskritacharya (સંસ્કૃતાચાર્ય),<ref name="Nobat Newspaper_31stJan2018"/> [[Katha (storytelling format)|Kathaas (કથા)]]<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/>
|nationality= Indian
|birth_date= {{birth date |1921|1|14}}
|birth_place= [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], [[Gujarat]]
|birth_name= Girdhar Premjibhai Radadiya (ગિરધર પ્રેમજીભાઈ રાદડીયા)<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/>
|death_date= {{death date |2018|1|30}} (age 97) <ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/>
|death_place= [[Jamnagar]], [[gujarat]], [[India]]<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/>
|guru= Gopaljivandasji swami<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/>
|influenced= [[Swaminarayan]]
|disciples= Govindprasaddasji Swami (Swaminarayan Gurukul - Naghedi, [[Jamnagar]])<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/>
|honors= [[Shastri (degree)|Shastri]] (Scholar),
|relatives= [[#Early life|Premjibhai Radadiya (Father)]] [[#Early life|Juthiben Radadiya (Mother)]] [[#Early life|Nagjibhai Radadiya (Nephew)]]
|literary_works = [[#Religious Education|Gyan Vilash]] ([[Sanskrit]]: ज्ञान विलास)<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/>
}}
{{Hindu philosophy}}
'''Tapomurti Sadguru Shastri Swami Shri Narayanprasaddasji''' (born Girdhar Radadiya; ordained Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji, January 14, 1921 – January 30, 2018),<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/><ref name="SandeshNewspaper_31stJan2018"/> also known as Tapomurti Shastri Swami<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/> and Guruji by his devotees, was one of the most noted [[Swami]] of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]] who has done a notable work for the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday|Swaminarayan]] sect.<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-JAMN-OMC-LCL-arambhadana-tapomurti-shastri-swami-narayanaprasada-dasji-aksaramarge-gujarati-n-5802315-NOR.html?seq=1 |title=30-01-2018 (divyabhaskar.co.in) - Gujarati News Portal on Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] (Online News Portal) }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_1stFeb2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-JAMN-OMC-LCL-shastri-swami-narayanprasad-dasji-death-gujarati-news-5803091-PHO.html?seq=1 |title=01-02-2018 (divyabhaskar.co.in) - Gujarati News Portal on Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] (Online News Portal)}}</ref> he is also considered as one of the legendary [[Hindu]] saints of India.<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/>

==Early life==

'''Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji''' was born on 14 January 1921, the auspicious day of the [[Hindu]] Festival [[Makar Sankranti]], in the [[Vaishnav]] - [[Patidar]] family of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra region]] in the [[Gujarat]], India, and was named as '''Girdhar'''. His parents, Premjibhai (Father) and Juthiben (Mother) had 4 other children, Kesarben, Keshubhai, Madhubhai and Raliyatben, of which Girdhar was the youngest. Girdhar was from a very poor family, so he was not even able to finish his primary education. Since his childhood, He was very brilliant and had a natural inclination for spiritual learning and reading of religious scriptures. He used to go to sing [[Swaminarayan]] [[Kirtan]] with his childhood friends to the nearest [[List of Swaminarayan temples|Swaminarayan Temples]]. and during this, His art and singing came in the eyes of the saints of Swaminarayan. and therefore, to educate Girdhar and to serve the saints, Saints had taken the permission of girthar's family to bring girdhar with their self. and later saints have decided to make Girdhar a Saint, but girdhar's family was not agreed to it, so girdhar's elder brother Madhubhai brought girdhar back from the saints of Swaminarayan. being attracted by the pure and virtuous life led by the saints of Swaminarayan Sampraday, Girdhar left his home and renounced his family at the age of 12<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> to become a Saint of [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]. His brothers, Keshubhai had died at the young age while Madhubhai had shifted to the village [[Thordi]]. Currently, From the entire family of Girdhar, Nagjibhai (Son of Madhubhai) and his family members are the only who are alive and living in [[Surat]].

==Religious Education==

After joining Swaminarayan Sampraday, he finished his primary and Secondary education in Gujarat and then he had gone to [[Banaras Hindu University]]<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> for higher education where he passed [[Master of Arts]]- M.A in 6 different Religious Subjects in [[Sanskrit]]<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/><ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> and therefore people also used to call him as Sanskrutachary<ref name="Nobat Newspaper_31stJan2018"/> which means a person who has a phenomenal knowledge of the language [[Sanskrit]]. Swami had also received [[Shastri (degree)|Shastri degree]] from Banaras. During his entire education in [[Banaras|Banaras/Kashi]], he had studied with some of the greatest Hindu religious leaders, such as [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]]<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> - Dada of [[Swadhyay Parivar]], Dongreji Maharaj of Vaishnav Sampraday,<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> Swami Sachchidanandji (Dantali), [[Swami Satyamitranand]] (Former [[Shankaracharya]]). He also had written a Book in [[Sanskrit]] named '''Gyan Vilas'''.<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/>

==Kathaas, Tapas and Fasting==

[[File:Shanti Kutir.jpg|right|thumb|220x220px|Swami's Shanti Kutir in [[Arambhada]], [[Gujarat]]]]

Swami Narayanprasaddasji had conducted over 100 [[Katha (storytelling format)|Kathaas]]<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> in the [[Gujarat]], [[Hindi]] and [[Sanskrit]], most of them were based on the [[Bhagavata Purana]], Bhaktachintamani of [[Nishkulanand Swami]] and [[Vachanamrut]]. During his whole life, Swami was mostly known for his [[Tapas (Indian religions)|Tapas]] (Sanskrit: तप) as he had started doing a deep Tapas<ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018"/> for the last 30 years of his life at his resident '''Shanti Kutir'''<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> located at the [[Arambhada]]<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/><ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018(1)"/> village on the coast near [[Dwarka]] and therefore, he was known as '''Tapomurti'''.<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_1stFeb2018"/> {{trans|[[Asceticism|Ascetic]]}}). Swamiji used to drink only one litre of Milk per day<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> and sometimes, he used to drink [[Coconut water]] as a food because he had abandoned the normal food and had not even eaten the single piece of Grain<ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018(1)"/> or any item made of any kind of Grains since the last 55 years of his life.<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/><ref name="Nobat Newspaper_31stJan2018"/><ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018"/><ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/>

==Kirtan==

Swamiji was very fond of learning and singing [[Kirtan]] from childhood and it was said that Swami remembered more than 1000 kirtan. due to the Swami's voice was good, Dev Utsav Mandal (a Band) of Rajkot who are the devotees of Swami had recorded a Kirtan in the voice of Swami which was released after Swami's death.

==Award==

Shastri Swami Shri Narayanprasaddasji had received Award from the [[List of Presidents of India|Second]] [[President of India]] [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018"/> for his Education and Knowledge towards the language [[Sanskrit]].

==Death==

He had been suffering from a [[Prostatitis]] in his last days. Due to this, he had been shifted from Shanti Kutir, [[Arambhada]] to Swaminarayan Gurukul (Naghedi, [[Jamnagar]]) in the care of other Saints, where his surgery was performed. but unfortunately, he died at around 12 pm on 30 January 2018 at the Age of 97 at Swaminarayan Gurukul (Naghedi, Jamnagar).<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/><ref name="Divya Bhaskar Newspaper_31stJan2018">{{cite news |url=http://epaper.divyabhaskar.co.in/jamnagar/78/31012018/0/1/ |title=31-01-2018 (Divya Bhaskar Newspaper) - Newspaper article on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] (Newspaper)}}</ref> The funeral of Swami had taken place as per Vedic Tradition on 31 January 2018<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_1stFeb2018"/> in the presence of the large numbers of Swaminarayan Saints and devotees of Swaminarayan Sampraday.<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_1stFeb2018"/><ref name="Divya Bhaskar Newspaper_1stFeb2018">{{cite news |url=http://epaper.divyabhaskar.co.in/jamnagar/78/01022018/0/1/ |title=01-02-2018 (Divya Bhaskar Newspaper) - Newspaper article on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]] (Newspaper)}}</ref><ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018"/>

==Media Coverage==

After Swami's Death, the Official confirmation of the death of Swami was made by the Saints of Jamnagar Swaminarayan Gurukul and Some of the big [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] Newspapers and Online News Portals like [[Divya Bhaskar]] (Online News portal)<ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_30thJan2018"/><ref name="DivyaBhaskar.co.in_1stFeb2018"/> & Newspaper,<ref name="Divya Bhaskar Newspaper_31stJan2018"/><ref name="Divya Bhaskar Newspaper_1stFeb2018"/> [[Nobat]] Newspaper,<ref name="Nobat Newspaper_31stJan2018">{{cite news |url=http://nobat.com/epaper/31-01-2018/files/assets/basic-html/index.html#2 |title=31-01-2018 (Nobat Newspaper) - Newspaper article on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=[[Nobat]] (Newspaper)}}</ref> [[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]] Newspaper,<ref name="SandeshNewspaper_31stJan2018">{{cite news |url=http://sandeshepaper.in/m/15258/5a710fb82a750 |title=31-01-2018 (Sandesh Newspaper) - Newspaper article on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=[[Sandesh (Indian newspaper)|Sandesh]] (Newspaper)}}</ref> AajKaal Newspaper,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.readwhere.com/read/1525685/Jamnagar/aajkaal#page/8/2 |title=31-01-2018 (Aajkaal Newspaper) - Newspaper article on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=Aajkaal (Newspaper)}}</ref> akilanews.com (Online News Portal)<ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.akilanews.com/Saurashtra_news/Detail/05-02-2018/81314 |title=05-02-2018 (Akila News) - Gujarati News Portal on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=Akila News (Online News Portal)}}</ref><ref name="akilanews.com_5thFeb2018(1)">{{cite news |url=http://akilanews.com/Saurashtra_news/Detail/06-02-2018/81318 |title=05-02-2018 (Akila News) - 2nd Article, Gujarati News Portal on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=Akila News (Online News Portal)}}</ref> and patelsamaj.co.in (Online News portal)<ref name="patelsamaj.co.in_7thFeb2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.patelsamaj.co.in/nararayanprasad-swamiji |title=07-02-2018 (patelsamaj.co.in) - Gujarati News Portal on death of Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji |publisher=patelsamaj.co.in (Online News Portal)}}</ref> have published the articles of Swami's Life and Death.

== References ==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Swaminarayan Sampraday}}
{{Swaminarayan}}

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