Brahmanand Swami (ब्रह्मानंद स्वामी)

Bhaktamal: Brahmanand Swami
Real Name - Ladudanji
Other Names - Shrirangdasji
Guru - Swaminarayan bhagwan
Aradhya - Swaminarayan Sampraday
Born - 12 February 1772 (Vasant Panchami )
Place of Birth - Khan village, Sirohi, Mount Abu
Marital Status - Unmarried
Language - Dingal, Sanskrit, Gujarati
Father - Shambhudanji Aashiya
Mother - Laluba
Famous for - Ashta Kavi within the Swaminarayan Sampraday
Notable work -'Brahmanand Kavya' Brahmanand Swami was revered as a saint of the Swaminarayan Sampraday and as one of Swaminarayan bhagwan's Paramahamsa. In the Swaminarayan sect he is also known as one of the eight poets of Swaminarayan. It is mentioned in the scriptures of the Swaminarayan sect that Swaminarayan had said about Brahmanand Swami as an incarnation of Brahma.

He was a great poet. Apart from building great temples at Muli, Vadtal, Junagadh etc., Brahmananda Swami wrote numerous scriptures in Hindi and Gujarati. 'Brahmanand Kavya' is a collection of his works, a copy of which is preserved in the British Museum in London.