Sahajanand Universe — Cultural Exhibition · Nilkanthdham

A whole life — retold in light

Sahajanand Universe is the immersive cultural exhibition of Nilkanthdham — life-size dioramas, audio-visual chambers and tableaus that unfold the leelas of Lord Swaminarayan, from his birth as Ghanshyam to his bal-yatra as Nilkanth Varni and the founding of the sampradaya.

Bal Ghanshyam

बाल घनश्याम · छपैया

The infant born under unusual stars in Chhapaiya — early childhood of the Lord.

The Bal-Yatra

बाल-यात्रा · ७ वर्ष की तपस्या

Seven years and twelve thousand kilometres on foot — through Himalaya, Gangotri, Kashi, Jagannath Puri.

Loj & Ramanand Swami

लोज में रामानन्द स्वामी से भेंट

The meeting at Loj. The mantle of the Uddhav-sampradaya passing to the young Sahajanand.

Founding the Sampradaya

स्वामिनारायण संप्रदाय की स्थापना

The Swaminarayan mahamantra. Vachanamrut. Shikshapatri. Building of the first temples.

Akshardham

अक्षरधाम · दिव्य धाम

The ascent to Akshardham and the eternal continuation through guru-parampara.

Vyasan-Mukti Films

व्यसन-मुक्ति प्रदर्शन

Special audio-visual chambers on liberation from addictions — a teaching the Lord emphasised throughout his life.

Walk into the nineteenth century

गाडू-कांकरता · पालकी · नगरयात्रा · ऐतिहासिक दृश्य

Bullock-carts, palkis, royal courts, processions: the exhibition's tableaus are not paintings but rooms — built to scale, lit for atmosphere, scored with period music. Children whisper. Elders remember.

A whole life — retold in light

Five chapters of one bal-yatra