No land or funds received from Karnataka Govt, says Isha Foundation

Isha Foundation on Monday said it has not received either any plot of land in Chikkaballapura or any funds from the state government, seeking to clarify on reports.

The land for Sadhguru Sannidhi in Chikkaballapur was purchased from original landowners by paying money, it said in a press statement.

“The land for construction has been directly bought by Isha from the owners of the land in Chikkaballapura through voluntary contributions by donors and volunteers. Isha Foundation has not received any land from the government of Karnataka.


Isha Foundation is not involved in any financial transactions directly or indirectly with the government of Karnataka,” the statement said, adding that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s announcement of Rs 100 crore for ecological activities was allocated to the forest department.

“Adiyogi is located 31 km away from Nandi Hills and Nandi Hills is in the Nandi Hobli of Chikkaballapura Taluk whereas Adiyogi is located in Kasaba Hobli of Chikkaballapura Taluk. Our lands are not in the forest as they are Revenue lands bought from the land owners by paying consideration and have been duly converted,” the statement said.

The Cauvery Calling project, which was launched under Sadhguru’s guidance is a movement to revive river Cauvery by enabling Karnataka and Tamil Nadu farmers in the river basin to plant 242 crore trees on their own farmlands to restore the vegetation in the basin. This will sequester 9 to 12 trillion liters of water in the river basin and increase Cauvery’s flow at the source.