Mahalaya Competitors

Founded by Sadhguru, Isha Foundation is a global volunteer-run nonprofit committed to fostering individual transformation and creating a conscious, inclusive world. It serves as a platform for exploring the science of Yoga in its full depth, offering Yoga programs for physical, mental and spirit. Its flagship Inner Engineering has reached over 3M people, and the Miracle of Mind app has 2.5M downloads. Isha also leads large -scale initiatives in environment, education, rural health and community revitalization. Backed by 18M+ volunteers, these have been recognized by the UN, IUCN and WEF as models of human empowerment and environmental restoration. • Save Soil (global movement for soil revitalization) – 4.1B+ people reached, draft policy recommendations made available for 193 countries, contributing to soil policy in EU, USA and Central Asia, active participation at UNFCCC & UNCCD COPs • Cauvery Calling (river revitalization through tree-based agriculture) – 124M+ living trees planted (13.6M in FY2024-25 alone), 240k+ farmers transitioned to tree-based agriculture, basis for ₹19,000 crore GOI project to revive 13 rivers • Isha Gramotsavam (reviving the spirit of rural Bharat through sports) – 63,220 players, including 12,227 women from 35,000+ villages across 6 States and 1 Union Territory in 2025 • Save Soil Farmers’ Movement (empowering farmers through Farmer Producer Organizations) – 25 FPOs with 10,000+ farmers, 5 FPOs received awards within 6 months in 2024, Isha empanelled as a CBBO by GOI • Action for Rural Rejuvenation (healthcare, livelihood and community revitalization) – Impacted 11.5 M+ people across 7,500+ villages • Isha Vidhya (quality education in rural India) – 9 schools with 9,000+ students, 5,500+ students on full scholarship, 48% girl students Accredited by UNCCD and UNEP, a member of IUCN, and partnering with global organizations, governments, corporates and civil society, Isha is driving systemic change worldwide, impacting millions annually.

The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a worldwide socio-spiritual organization in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, is dedicated to community service, peace and harmony. Motivated by Hindu principles, BAPS strives to care for the world by caring for societies, families and individuals. Through a number of social and spiritual activities, BAPS endeavors to produce better citizens of tomorrow who have a high esteem for their roots - their rich Hindu culture. Its 9,000 international centers, including more than 5,000 youth centers, support these activities of character-building. Under the guidance and leadership of the current spiritual leader, His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj, BAPS aspires to build a community that is morally, ethically and spiritually pure, and free of addictions.

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affilated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects, and millions of congregational members worldwide. Although less than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in 1966. ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradāya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic or Hindu culture. Philosophically it is based on the Sanskrit texts Bhagavad-gītā and the Bhagavat Purana, or Srimad Bhagavatam. These are the historic texts of the devotional bhakti yoga tradition, which teaches that the ultimate goal for all living beings is to reawaken their love for God, or Lord Krishna, the “all-attractive one”. God is known across the world by many names including Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, Rama, etc. ISKCON devotees chant God’s names in the form of the maha-mantra, or the great prayer for deliverance: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Many leading academics have highlighted ISKCON’s authenticity. Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, describes the movement as “a tradition that commands a respected place in the religious life of humankind.” In the 1980s Dr. A. L. Basham, one of the world’s authorities on Indian history and culture, wrote of ISKCON that, “It arose out of next to nothing in less than twenty years and has become known all over the West. This, I feel, is a sign of the times and an important fact in the history of the Western world.”