#Old ipicture of pramukhswami maharaj series
Pramukh Swami Maharaj was 170 km away in the village of Sarangpur when news of the attack broke, busy in a series of crucial meetings with senior sadhus. Pramukh Swami Maharaj with BAPS school boys, Source: Supplied After an all-night siege, and the sad loss of two heroic commandos, the terrorists were neutralised by the NSG. A team of highly trained National Security Guards, an elite counter-terrorism unit under India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, led by Brigadier Raj Seethapathy was rushed to Gandhinagar from New Delhi. They raided the holy site armed with automatic rifles and deadly grenades, killing 34 innocent pilgrims and wounding many others. At 4.45 pm on a pleasant autumn afternoon, the unimaginable happened: out of the blue, a totally unprovoked attack was made on the sacred Swaminarayan Akshardham complex by two terrorists.
His leadership in the aftermath of this natural disaster was decisive and proactive. He swiftly extended emotional, material and spiritual support to people of all backgrounds, and kept the initiative sustained for a prolonged period. His continued attention to detail amid the larger picture revealed an extraordinary degree of empathy and compassion. Wasting no time, he began contacting the senior sadhus at BAPS centres throughout Gujarat and especially in Bhuj, instructing them to initiate emergency relief efforts.Īs a socially responsible leader, Pramukh Swami Maharaj took the initiative to direct all his available resources in the service of the needy. Shortly thereafter, he began receiving reports about the scale and spread of the disaster. He was at breakfast when the tremors were felt at 8.46 am. Pramukh Swami Maharaj was in the village of Bochasan on the day.
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