This year, the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, or BAPS, Hindu organization, is celebrating its 50th year in North America. So, when the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir of ...

The Indian diaspora worldwide celebrates Diwali with joy and enthusiasm, coinciding with Halloween this year. From the US to ...

Others, like Patel's parents, relocated for years. Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, known as BAPS, is a sect of Hinduism that follows the teachings of Bhagwan ...

Among them is BAPS, or the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a worldwide religious and civic organization that now celebrates a 50-year presence in North America.

Texas has about 450,000 Indian Americans. Will Hindus vote for the Harris or support the Trump ticket--which both have ties ...

Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha is a Hindu denomination within the Swaminarayan Sampradaya. It was formed in 1905 by Shastri Yagnapurushdas following his conviction that ...

BAPS stands for the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS). The organisation is named after Bhagwan Swaminarayan, a religious leader who lived in the late 1700s. It is a ...

The ceremony was led by Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan (BAPS) president Mahant Swami Maharaj. -- IANS New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) A Sant Diksha ceremony for the initiation of 37 educated ...