: Former Isha Home School faculty member Yamini Ragani and her husband Satya N. Ragani levelled serious allegations of rape, molestion and misconduct at the Isha Foundation of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. The foundation’s ashram in Tamil Nadu recently faced raids before it appealed to the Supreme Court.
Ragani described the Isha Foundation as “a breeding ground for child abuse.” She claimed that the foundation's schools, including Isha Vidya, Isha Sanskruti, and Isha Home School, lacked oversight, placing children in danger. “Children are mentally abused, verbally abused, and more.
They don’t even teach children properly. There are no qualified teachers,” she alleged. She further noted that there are no redressal or sexual harassment committee at the organisations either.
Ragani alleged that her son, a former student of Isha Home School, was a victim of abuse. The couple shared accounts of other children being mistreated, including an eight-year-old girl. According to Yamini, the Sadhguru never came to console the children.
The couple questioned the foundation’s authority to operate independently and without regulation. “This can be highly exploitative,” Yamini said. Since 2016, six individuals have reportedly gone missing from the Isha Foundation’s premises in Coimbatore, according to disclosures made by Tamil Nadu police to the Madras High Court.
The police are also investigating the electrocution of 17-year-old S. Mokshagna, a student at the Isha Home School.
