सद्गुरु Sadhguru

Life and career

  1. 1957 · Born in Mysore. Born on 3 September 1957 in Mysore. He was the youngest of five children. His father B. V. Vasudev was an ophthalmologist. He later studied English literature at the University of Mysore. (Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  2. 1982 · Chamundi Hill. After college he set up a poultry farm and then a construction firm called Buildaids. On 23 September 1982 he had his first spiritual experience while sitting on a rock on Chamundi Hill. Six weeks later he left his businesses. He was 25. (Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  3. 1983 · First yoga classes. He held his first yoga class in Mysore in 1983. He taught across Karnataka and in Hyderabad and travelled between classes on his motorcycle. (Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  4. 1992 · The Isha Foundation. He founded the Isha Foundation in 1992 in Coimbatore. In 1994 he bought land near the Velliangiri Mountains and opened the Isha Yoga Center. Volunteers run most of its work. (Wikipedia: Sadhguru · Isha Foundation: Isha Yoga Center)
  5. 1999 · Consecrating the Dhyanalinga. He called the Dhyanalinga his life’s mission and said his guru gave it to him. The consecration was completed on 24 June 1999. The linga sits under a pillarless dome of 250,000 bricks. (Isha Foundation: Dhyanalinga – His Only Obsession · Isha Foundation: Isha Yoga Center)
  6. 2004 · Project GreenHands. Isha set up its first tree nursery in 2004. It grew into Project GreenHands by 2005. On 17 October 2006 about 256,000 volunteers planted 852,587 saplings across Tamil Nadu in three days. That set a Guinness record. Isha says the project has planted over 35 million saplings. (Isha Foundation: A Movement that Started with a Seed)
  7. 2006 · Isha Vidhya. Isha began rural schools in Tamil Nadu in 2006. They teach more than 8,900 children from kindergarten to Class 12. Most are first-generation learners and 63 percent study on scholarships. (Conscious Planet: Isha Vidhya rural schools · Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  8. 2016 · Inner Engineering. Spiegel & Grau published Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy on 20 September 2016. It launched in Times Square. It made The New York Times bestseller lists. It was his first book written for Western readers. (Wikipedia: Inner Engineering: A Yogi’s Guide to Joy · Isha Foundation: Inner Engineering book)
  9. 2017 · Adiyogi and the Padma Vibhushan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the Adiyogi at the Isha Yoga Center on 24 February 2017. Guinness World Records named the 112-foot sculpture the world’s largest bust. In January India named him for the Padma Vibhushan. (The Quint (13 May 2017) · Scroll (1 March 2017) · IBTimes India: Padma awards 2017 full list)
  10. 2017 · Rally for Rivers. He flagged off Rally for Rivers in Coimbatore on 3 September 2017. The convoy started from Kanyakumari and crossed 16 states to Delhi by 2 October. It sought a national policy to revive India’s rivers. (The News Minute: Rally for Rivers (September 2017) · Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  11. 2019 · Cauvery Calling. Cauvery Calling set out to plant 242 crore trees on farms in the Cauvery basin of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It urged farmers to take up agroforestry. He launched it with a motorcycle ride from Talacauvery on 3 September 2019. (Deccan Chronicle (21 July 2019) · Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  12. 2022 · Journey to Save Soil. He set off alone by motorcycle from Trafalgar Square in London on 20 March 2022. He rode about 30,000 km in 100 days through Europe and the Middle East to India. He addressed the UN desertification conference in Côte d’Ivoire. Prime Minister Modi joined a Save Soil event in Delhi on 5 June. (EcoWatch: Sadhguru’s 100-day motorcycle journey to save soil · ThePrint / ANI (6 June 2022) · Wikipedia: Sadhguru)
  13. 2025 · Miracle of Mind. Isha launched the free Miracle of Mind meditation app on Mahashivratri on 26 February 2025. It crossed a million downloads in 15 hours. It offers a seven-minute guided meditation and an AI tool built on his talks. (Deccan Herald (1 March 2025))
  14. 2026 · Awards and a journal. At Mahashivratri in February he launched the Bhavya Bharat Bhushan Award. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was chief guest. On International Day of Yoga Isha ran nearly 1,000 free sessions across India. In August Harmony published his guided journal Living in Enlightenment. He was billed to speak at Romania’s Untold festival that month. (Lokmat Times / ANI (16 February 2026) · Republic World (21 June 2026) · Penguin Books Australia: Living in Enlightenment · Romania Insider: Sadhguru at Untold 2026)

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