Under his guidance, the fledgling BAPS organisation gained formation throughout India and abroad.
Shortly after a tour of East Africa and Britain, Yogiji Maharaj died on 23 January 1971 at the BAPS temple in Mumbai[REF]Before his death, he appointed Pramukh Swami Maharaj as his spiritual successor and the two "functions of temporal administration and spiritual oversight were reunited in him" [REF].[REF]