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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chhapaiya
| other_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26|57|57|N|82|23|23|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gonda district|Gonda]]
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| elevation_m = 320
| population_total = 3000
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| demographics_type1 = Language
| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = Maskanva
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank2_info_sec1 = 900:1000 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank3_info_sec1 = 50%%
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = Gonda
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank5_info_sec1 = Mankapur
| website = {{URL|www.chhapaiya.com}}
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'''Chhapaiya''' is a village in [[Gonda District]] in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], about 50 km from the district headquarters of Gonda, and 40 km from [[Ayodhya]].

==Points of interest==

[[File:Birth Place.JPG|250px|right|thumb|Birth location of Shri [[Swaminarayan]]]]

It is the birthplace of [[Swaminarayan]].<ref name="isbn052165422X">{{cite book |author=Raymond Brady Williams |title=An Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2001 |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will |url-access=registration |quote=tejendraprasad. |isbn=978-0-521-65422-7 |page = [https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/13 13]}}</ref> Swaminarayan was born there on 3 April 1781 as Ghanshyam. This village became a pilgrimage destination for his followers worldwide.

The Swaminarayan temple at Chhapaiya went through renovation completed by 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chhapaiya.com/re-construcation-of-temple |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324180541/http://www.chhapaiya.com/re-construcation-of-temple/ |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Place of pilgrimage==

The following are holy places in Chhapaiya:

=== Ghanshyam Bhavan ===
Ghanshyam Bhavan is a monument sited on Swaminarayan's birthplace. A temple on this place was erected by [[Acharya Shree Ayodhyaprasadji Maharaj|Acharya Ayodhyaprasadji Maharaj]] in 1863, after Swaminarayan's passing in 1830. After 47 years another temple was built by Acharya Purushottamprasadji Maharaj in 1910. It is undergoing reconstruction in marble. It was a project started in 2004 by [[Acharya Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj|Acharya Tejendraprasadji Maharaj]]. The marble-decorated room is on the ground floor.

=== Other sites ===
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is near Ghanshyam Bhavan. Narayan Sarovar is the sacred water pool where Ghanshyam often bathed. It is just outside the mandir complex. Trikonyu Khetar (Triangular Farm) is where Ghanshyam sent birds into samadhi. Meen Sarovar is a small lake (dry during the summer) where Ghanshyam brought dead fish back to life and instructed the fisherman not to kill fish for a living. A shrine is sited at the place where the demon Kalidutt, who came to kill him was defeated.

==Notes==
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== References ==
*{{Cite book
|last=Williams
|first=Raymond
|year=2001
|title=Introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism
|publisher=Cambridge University Press
|isbn=978-0-521-65422-7
}}

{{Gonda district}}

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[[Category:Villages in Gonda district]]
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