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The Cult Dossier · No. 114 · Eastern-Derived
Sahaja Yoga
Vishwa Nirmala Dharma
1970 – present · India; worldwide
XII. THE WIDER FIELD — CONCISE ENTRIES
Fully religious
### Who led it
### What it worshipped and taught
### Who was in it
### How it ended, or where it stands
### The dead
### Of note
### Its timeline
- 1970 Founded after a claimed realisation on a beach in Nargol.
- 1980s–90s Global expansion; free public programmes.
- 1990 onward The INTERNATIONAL SAHAJA PUBLIC SCHOOL opens at Dharamsala. A 1995 Austrian Ministry of Justice report notes European pupils looking pale; in 2000 the Indian Express reports an aura of secrecy around it, with entry strictly forbidden.
- 23 FEBRUARY 2011 Mataji dies in Genoa, aged 87. The first Central Committee is selected that year.
### Its people
### Nirmala Srivastava
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
Founder, Sahaja Yoga · 21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011 · active 1970–2011
Before the law. Never charged.
Where things stand. Deceased 2011. The movement continues worldwide.
- 1970 Founds Sahaja Yoga after a claimed realisation at Nargol.
- 1980s–90s Global expansion through free public programmes.
- 1990s–2000s Allegations from second-generation members about the Indian boarding schools.
- 23 February 2011 Dies; leadership passes to a collective.
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