Isha Foundation's Sadhguru Leads 12-Hour Mahashivratri Livestream from Coimbatore

Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev hosted Mahashivratri 2026 at the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore with a twelve-hour live broadcast that began at 6:00 PM IST on 15 February and ran until 6:00 AM IST on 16 February. The official livestream on the Sadhguru Darshan YouTube channel and the Isha Foundation webstream billed the night as “the most powerful night of the year,” promising guided meditations, music, cultural performances and a “Midnight Mahamantra Initiation by Sadhguru.”

The night’s central ritual work was scheduled around Sadhguru’s midnight discourse and the midnight meditation, listed at 04:50 in the livestream timestamps and flagged by TimesNow as “usually the key highlight.” Isha’s program also included a named initiation: “Midnight Mahamantra Initiation by Sadhguru,” while the YouTube run sheet placed Sadhguru’s discourse and midnight meditation amid a sequence of devotional flow and musical sets.

Programming on the livestream followed a detailed run-of-show: Pancha Bhuta Kriya to “purify the elements” at 00:15, Bhairavi Maha Yatra at 00:30 to “begin the night journey,” and Adiyogi Divya Darshanam at 01:00, described on Isha’s site as “a powerful video imaging show depicting the origin of Yoga.” Music and dance segments, listed at 01:15 and labeled “Nightlong Special Musical Performances by eminent artists” on the Isha event page, alternated with chanting and guided practices through the night, culminating in Brahma Muhurtham Insights and Shambho Meditation at 10:40 before reflections and closing prayers with Sadhguru at 14:45 on the livestream timeline.

The Mahashivratri weekend also featured the Yaksha festival at Isha, a “Feast of Music and Dance” staged on 12, 13 and 14 February at 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM IST. Sample artists named on Isha’s site included Hindustani sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee and a Bharatanatyam program listed for Day 1, while Samskriti students were scheduled for traditional and martial arts performances leading into the main night.

Access and viewing logistics were publicized across platforms: TimesNow advised viewers that the stream was free on the Isha webstream and could be watched on smartphone, tablet, laptop, desktop or smart TV; Isha’s event page reiterated options to “Attend In Person at Isha Yoga Center,” watch via “Live Webstream on isha.sadhguru.org,” or tune in on “Television, Major TV channels in India.” Isha’s volunteer page reiterated an in-person prerequisite: “Volunteer In Person, Prerequisite: Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya.”

Official promotional language framed the event’s significance: Isha’s site noted that “Mahashivratri is one of the largest and most significant among the sacred festivals of India,” and added that “the planetary positions on this night... are such that there is a powerful natural upsurge of energy in the human system” and that “it is enormously beneficial for one’s physical and spiritual wellbeing to stay awake and aware in a vertical posture throughout the night.” The Sadhguru Darshan YouTube listing, posted 8 January 2026, showed a channel snapshot of 381,000 subscribers and 64 likes on the announcement; no verified total viewership or peak concurrent figures for the Mahashivratri livestream were published in the materials provided.