Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
| Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | |
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| Born |
3 September 1957 Mysore, Karnataka |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Titles/honours | Padma Vibhushan (2017) |
| Founder of | Isha Foundation |
| Guru | Palani Swami & Malladihalli Raghavendra |
| Philosophy | Yoga |
| Literary works | Inner Engineering and many |
Jaggi Vasudev, commonly known as Sadhguru, is an Indian Yogi and Guru, mystic, and New York Times bestselling author who has touched scores of lives through his Spiritual Yoga Programs. He founded the Isha Foundation, a non-profit organization which offers yoga programs around the world, including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, Lebanon, Singapore, Canada, Malaysia, Uganda, China, Nepal, and Australia. The Foundation is also involved in various social and community development activities, which have resulted in the Foundation being granted special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. On 25 January 2017, Government of India announced "Padma Vibhushan" award for his contribution towards spirituality.
Born in Mysore, Karnataka on Tuesday 3 September 1957 to Susheela and Dr. Vasudev, Jagadish was the youngest of four children – two boys and two girls. His father was an ophthalmologist with the Indian Railways and as a result, the family moved frequently. At a young age, Jagadish, or Jaggi as he came to be known, developed an interest in nature and would frequently go into nearby forests, sometimes for up to three days at a time. At the age of 12, he came in contact with Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji who taught him a set of simple yoga asanas, the practice of which he regularly maintained. Sadhguru states that "without a single day's break, this simple yoga that was taught to him kept happening and led to a much deeper experience later."
After his schooling at Demonstration School, Mysore in 1973, he graduated from the University of Mysore with a bachelor's degree in English literature. During his college years, he developed an interest in travel and motorcycles. A frequent haunt of his and his friends was the Chamundi Hill near Mysore, where they often had gathered and went for nocturnal drives. He also traveled to various places in the country on his motorcycle. This experience made him resolve "to earn some quick money," and just ride off somewhere where people couldn't stop him. This led him to open several successful businesses after graduation, including a poultry farm, a brickworks and a construction business.
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