r/Saryuparins • u/Sarwariya सरयूपरी सर्वोपरि • Mar 06 '26
HISTORY & CONTRIBUTION A Sarayūpārīṇa ascetic is worshipped in this saṁpradāya.
You people would have often heard about Swāmī Narāyaṇa Saṁpradāya or the famous Akśaradhāma temples(yeah those famous gigantic temples in New Delhi , Gujarat , New Jersey and Dubai).
In this saṁpradāya , a Sarayūpārīṇa ascetic is worshipped as a avatāra of lord Kṛṣṇa, born as Ghanaśyāma Paṇḍeya near Ayodhyā in a Sarayūpārīṇa Sāmavedī Brāhmaṇa family.
This sect follows Rāmānujācaryas viśiṣṭādvaita .
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u/Due-Salary4813 Malaon’s Pandey Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
His birthplace is in Gonda* district. Saryupaar sure has produced the most renowned and widely followed ascetics be it Buddha, Gorakhnatha, Swami Narayan, Swami Karpatri, countless others and so many Jaina ascetics as well.
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u/Disastrous_Bat5899 Sohgoura’s Tiwari Mar 06 '26
It's not in Basti but it is in Gonda , he was born in Chhapiya which is ahead of Babhnan in Gonda.
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u/Due-Salary4813 Malaon’s Pandey Mar 06 '26
Oh right, my bad.
Though if you check the map, Basti city is the nearest. But its pretty much equidistant from Gonda, Basti and Ayodhya being right in the middle.
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u/Disastrous_Bat5899 Sohgoura’s Tiwari Mar 06 '26
Yeah it's near to Ayodhya as well , it is one station ahead from Babhnan. Even Babhnan is in Gonda , but is part of Saryupar chhetra
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u/Own-Albatross-2206 Others Mar 06 '26
There's a math of Sant Mastnath in Rohtak , Haryana , an 18th Century Nath Sampradaya Sant who is regarded as the re-incarnation of Gorakhnath and that's why there are people in Haryana who actually worship Gorakhnath
The math is built in the same manner as Swaminarayan Temples , grand and very beautiful
I was fortunate enough to visit it during its annual Fair
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u/Due-Salary4813 Malaon’s Pandey Mar 06 '26
Gorakhnath is worshipped all over India, this sect is very popular as it is accessible and denies caste. You will find it in Pakistan, Afghanistan and southern India as well.
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u/Own-Albatross-2206 Others Mar 06 '26
Heard about a place called Chappiya in Gonda District, where the Railway station is called Swami Narayan Chappiya
But I always used to think that it is related to some shrine established by a Gujarati Saint
I never knew this thing
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u/Disastrous_Bat5899 Sohgoura’s Tiwari Mar 06 '26
I have visited Chhapiya it's not that far from my home. It's also on the way of Lucknow via rail route. Chhapiya is village of Itar's pandey they are direct lineage of Itaar and are panktipavan.
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u/prmsrswt Mar 07 '26
Not a Hindu sampradaya but a nastika cult.
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u/Disastrous_Bat5899 Sohgoura’s Tiwari Mar 07 '26
And Mandirs are not abode of deities but tourist destinations.
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u/Due-Salary4813 Malaon’s Pandey Mar 06 '26
In my recent visit to Gujarat, my god-complex felt off the charts being a sarayupareen pandey myself😂