About me
About the Author
My name is Rirish Patel. I am a British born citizen by birth who is an Indian hindu, Gujarati. I was born in Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, London. I have lived in London all my life. I follow the Swaminarayan religion, Bochasanvasi Shree Aksharpurshottam Santstha (BAPS), From childhood, my parents took me to the Swaminarayan temple in Neasden, where I attended Bal Mandal classes to learn about Swaminarayan Satsang and also learned how to read and write in Gujarati, having attended classes at the temple every Sunday. From birth I didn’t grow up speaking or understanding Hindi but learnt it by watching Bollywood films. My guru at Swaminarayan Sampraday from childhood was, Pramukh Swami, and from childhood I would sing, dance and play tabla, in front of him during Satsang sabha. My guru, Pramukh Swami, died in 2016 and the next and current guru for Swaminarayan BAPS sampraday became Mahant Swami.
About the Author
My name is Rirish Patel. I am a British born citizen by birth who is an Indian hindu, Gujarati. I was born in Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, London. I have lived in London all my life. I follow the Swaminarayan religion, Bochasanvasi Shree Aksharpurshottam Santstha (BAPS), From childhood, my parents took me to the Swaminarayan temple in Neasden, where I attended Bal Mandal classes to learn about Swaminarayan Satsang and also learned how to read and write in Gujarati, having attended classes at the temple every Sunday. From birth I didn’t grow up speaking or understanding Hindi but learnt it by watching Bollywood films. My guru at Swaminarayan Sampraday from childhood was, Pramukh Swami, and from childhood I would sing, dance and play tabla, in front of him during Satsang sabha. My guru, Pramukh Swami, died in 2016 and the next and current guru for Swaminarayan BAPS sampraday became Mahant Swami.
I took an international Swaminarayan Satsang exam called Satsang Sikshan Prarambh pariksha in my childhood years and attained 98% in that exam to come first in UK but unfortunately I did not get gold medal because 3 people in India scored 99%. Pramukh Swami built the massive Akshardham temple in Delhi, which I visited. I have never drunk alcohol and I have never taken any tobacco or drugs in my entire life. My first secondary school I attended was John Kelly High School in Neasden, where I was there for a few months and then moved to Chiswick Community School, where I remained for the rest of my secondary school years and took my GCSEs there too. I did my A-Levels at Greenhill Tertiary College in Harrow. In terms of phones and tablets, I am all Apple, I own an iPhone and iPad. I bought my first iPhone in 2011, which was an iPhone 4s, and have renewed my iPhone and iPad continuously since before the iOS compatibility runs out. You will see more of the extraordinary life I have lived by reading my autobiography which will blow your mind away and by the end you might just agree with me that I am the World’s No. 1