Gujarat: Swaminarayan Jayanti celabrates as the birthday of Lord Swaminarayan. Lord Swaminarayan was the founder of Swaminarayan tradition. This coincides with the occasion of Ram Navmi. Lord Swaminarayan was born in the village in Chaitra sud Nom in the Vikram Samvat calender. The village was in Chhapaiya, North India, which is near to Ayodhya. Swaminarayan was born in a Brahmin family. This day is annually celebrated as Swaminarayan Jayanti by his devotees. The devotees spent this day in worship and reflection. In the evening, celebrations include scriptural discourses, devotional singing, and live enactments of episodes from the life of Swaminarayan. Swaminarayan was born at 10:10 PM, and to mark the occasion, a special Aarti is performed at all Shri Swaminarayan Mandirs at the same time.

Lord Swaminarayan travelled around India and settled in an Ashram in Gujarat. Lord Swaminarayan known as a social and moral reformer by the people of Gujarat. Lord Swaminarayan found the Swaminarayan Sampradaya at the age of 21 to promote his teaching. The devotees of Lord Swaminarayan celbrate this day by fasting and offering a variety of food to Lord Swaminarayan in temple. The festivities continue into the night by his devotee and with the breaking of the fast the following morning.