Sadhu Aksharvatsaldas

Sadhu Aksharvatsaldas is a sadhu of the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, ordained by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in 1981. A scholar and orator, he has written extensively on Swaminarayan Hinduism and serves as editor of the Gujarati monthly Swaminarayan Prakash. His Gujarati work Shri Neelkanth explores the spiritual qualities and early pilgrimage of Neelkanth — the teenage-yogi form of Bhagwan Swaminarayan — through text and creative paintings, and is published by Swaminarayan Aksharpith.