A Diaspora Dreams series
7 of 7 published
The Living Gurus
The present-tense companion to The Masters Who Crossed the Ocean — today's Indian spiritual leaders and the global movements they command.
Anchored at the Yoga & Spiritualism desk.
About this series
Where our historical series traced the figures who carried Indian spirituality abroad a century ago, this one looks at the gurus who lead worldwide, diaspora-spanning movements right now — their reach, their methods, and the controversies that travel with them.
These are living people, and the series treats them as journalism, not promotion: the following and the criticism, every claim sourced. We profile the widely-followed mainstream figures, not those primarily in the news for criminal convictions.
The series
Sadhguru (Jaggi Vasudev)
Published · Read part 1 →
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Published · Read part 2 →
Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)
Published · Read part 3 →
Swami Chidanand Saraswati
Published · Read part 4 →
Sister Shivani & the Brahma Kumaris
Published · Read part 5 →
Baba Ramdev
Published · Read part 6 →
Sidheshwar Brahmrishi Gurudev (‘Siddhguru’)
Published · Read part 7 →
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