Decades after Swaminarayan's death, several people claiming differences in philosophy left the original movement and established their own groups.
Muktajivandas Swami (Muktajivan Swamibapa) left the Ahmedabad Gadi to form the Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan in the 1940s, claiming Gopalanand Swami was the spiritual successor to Lord Shree Swaminarayan.