Brãhmin who has been initiated as a renunciant into the holy order of the Swãminãrãyan Fellowship. Such brahmachãris were invested with special priestly authority, i.e., appointed as personal attendants to the murtis within mandirs, and as the performers of other religious rites. One who observes brahmacharya, i.e., leads a life of celibacy. One who is in the first stage of life in the traditional Hindu four stages of life, i.e., brahmacharya stage.