page_title: Jaggi Vasudev
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Jaggi Vasudev / Biography / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Sadhguru (right) with wife Vijayakumari (left)
context_page_description: Jaggi Vasudev, known publicly as Sadhguru, is an Indian yogi and author.
  Vasudev earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Mysore and has been teaching yoga in southern India since 1982. In 1992, he established Isha Foundation near Coimbatore, which runs an ashram, hosts a yoga centre, and has been involved in various activities in spirituality, education, and the environment.
  Vasudev is the author of several books, including Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy. As a public speaker he has spoken at the United Nation's Millennium World Peace Summit, the British parliament's House of Lords, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the International Institute for Management Development. He has also spoken at the annual World Economic Forum in 2007, 2017 and 2020.
  In 2017, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, by the Government of India for his services in social services.
context_section_description: Jaggi Vasudev was married to Vijaya Kumari, known by her nickname Vijji. This was Kumari's second marriage. Prior to marrying Vasudev she worked in a bank, a position she retained until early 1996. The couple had a daughter named Radhe. Kumari died on 23 December 1997. At that time her father alleged that Vasudev had murdered her; Vasudev asserted that she had attained mahasamadhi and claimed she had told him about it nine months before her death. The police investigation found no fault in him.
  Vasudev's daughter Radhe Jaggi, born 1990, is a trained bharatanatyam dancer. She married Chennai-based classical vocalist Sandeep Narayan in 2014.
caption: Jaggi Vasudev, with wife Vijaya Kumari (left)
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