Pran Pyaara Ishtadev was the father of God Shree Swaminarayan’s father Dharmadev, followers of Uddhav sect. His original name was Devsharma Pandey. He was born on the Vikram Samvat 1796 Kartak Sud 11, in the village of Itar in northern Hindustan, by the birth of mother Bhagyavati, in front of Samvadi Brahmin Balsharma.