{"id":16356,"date":"2016-08-14T18:01:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=16353&amp;preview_id=16353"},"modified":"2016-08-14T18:01:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T12:31:15","slug":"pramukh-swami-was-a-crusader-for-spiritual-values-president-pranab-mukherjee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=16356","title":{"rendered":"Pramukh Swami was a crusader for spiritual values: President Pranab Mukherjee &#8211; India.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>New Delhi, Aug 14 :<\/strong>\u00a0President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the death of spiritual guru and head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan of Swaminarayan sect Pramukh Swami, calling him a \u201ccrusader for spiritual values\u201d. He described Swamiji as a pious soul who was always concerned about the welfare of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am sad to learn about the demise of HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj. Swamiji was a pious soul, always concerned about the welfare of humanity. A constant crusader for spiritual values, Swamiji\u2019s teachings of service to mankind have great relevance in the present world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSwamiji\u2019s words and wisdom will remain a source of inspiration to all his followers and people at large, guiding them on the path of love and compassion,\u201d he said in a message. Pramukh Swami, who was ailing for some time due to old age-related problems, breathed his last in Sarangpur in Gujarat\u2019s Botad district yesterday. He was 95.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Aug 14 :\u00a0President Pranab Mukherjee today condoled the death of spiritual guru and head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan of Swaminarayan sect Pramukh Swami, calling him a \u201ccrusader for spiritual values\u201d. He described Swamiji as a pious soul who was always concerned about the welfare of humanity. \u201cI am sad to learn about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1134],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}