[3] Shastri Swami Narayanprasaddasji was born on 14 January 1921, the auspicious day of the Hindu Festival Makar Sankranti, in the Vaishnav - Patidar family of Saurashtra region in the Gujarat, India, and was named as Girdhar.

His parents, Premjibhai (Father) and Juthiben (Mother) had 4 other children, Kesarben, Keshubhai, Madhubhai and Raliyatben, of which Girdhar was the youngest.

After joining Swaminarayan Sampraday, he finished his primary and Secondary education in Gujarat and then he had gone to Banaras Hindu University[3] for higher education where he passed Master of Arts- M.A in 6 different Religious Subjects in Sanskrit[1][3] and therefore people also used to call him as Sanskrutachary[2] which means a person who has a phenomenal knowledge of the language Sanskrit.

Shastri Swami Shri Narayanprasaddasji had received Award from the Second President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan[3] for his Education and Knowledge towards the language Sanskrit.

Due to this, he had been shifted from Shanti Kutir, Arambhada to Swaminarayan Gurukul (Naghedi, Jamnagar) in the care of other Saints, where his surgery was performed.