Acharya Shree Koshalendraprasadji Maharaj

Koshalendraprasad Pande
Koshalendraprasad Pande
Born	(1971-10-18)October 18, 1971 Ahmedabad, India
Titles/honours	7th Acharya, Narnarayan Dev Gadi
Philosophy	Swaminarayan Sampraday

Koshalendraprasad Pande (October 1971 – present) is the current Acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday (15 October 2004 – present) and is the 7th successor of Swaminarayan in the North Diocese (NarNarayan Dev Gadi, Ahmedabad).

Koshalendraprasad Pande was born on 18 October 1971 in Ahmedabad, India. He is the eldest son of Tejendraprasad Pande, the 6th acharya of the NarNarayan Dev Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. Per tradition in Brahmin households, Pande received his Yajñopavītam, or sacred thread, during the bicentennial celebrations of Swaminarayan in 1981 at Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir. He studied at St. Xavier School and St. Xavier College in Ahmedabad.. He was anointed as acharya on 15 October 2004.