Swaminarayan Gurukul is an organisation headquartered in Rajkot. It was established in 1947 in Rajkot by Sadguru Shri Dharmajivandasji Swami. This organization comes under the LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi

LaxmiNarayan Dev Gadi

The Laxminarayan Dev Gadi is one of the two Gadis that together form the Swaminarayan Sampraday. It is headquartered at the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Vadtal and controls the Dakshin Vibhag....

 of the Swaminarayan Sampraday

Swaminarayan Sampraday

Swaminarayan Sampraday , known previously as the Uddhav Sampraday, is a Hindu sect established by Swaminarayan...

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The goal of the organisation is spreading Sadvidya or ‘Good and True education’ propagated by Swaminarayan. The organisation aims to imbibe the essence of India

India

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n cultural heritage

Cultural heritage

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 through ten branches across India

India

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, namely Rajkot, Junagadh

Junagadh

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, Surat

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, Hyderabad, Taravada, Navsari

Navsari

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, Vidyanagar

Vidyanagar

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, Narmada

Narmada district

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, Mumbai

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, Bangalore

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 and Gulbarga-Karnataka. Its international branches include Dallas (Texas

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, United States

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) and Santo Domingo

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 (Dominican Republic

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Teaching

At the Swaminarayan Gurukul, the students start their day with daily prayers. All classes are held within campus as suitable infrastructure has been provided for the students on the campus so that they do not need feel the need of going out. Prayers are held three times a day and the students are taught meditation and yoga

Yoga

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 as part of Vedic

Vedic

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education. Apart from Vedic education, the gurukul imparts training on par with normal schools and follows the same curriculum.