The festival of Vasant Panchami was celebrated on Tuesday 4 February and Saturday 8 February 2014 at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, London. The event marks the birth of Brahmaswarup Shastriji Maharaj, Sadguru Nishkulanand Swami and Sadguru Brahmanand Swami, and is also the day Bhagwan Swaminarayan bequeathed the Shikshapatri to his devotees. The celebrations marked the launch of the year-long celebrations for Shastriji Maharaj’s 150th birth anniversary.