Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Sadhguru, Graphic India Bring Adiyogi to Life in Animated Film
A famous yoga teacher named Sadhguru is making a new cartoon movie.
The movie is called 'Shiva: The Adiyogi.'
In this story, Shiva is not a god but the very first yoga teacher, called the Adiyogi.
The movie tells how the tall mountain Mount Kailash was made.
It also shows how Shiva taught seven students 112 special methods to go beyond ordinary life.
Sadhguru runs a group called the Isha Foundation that teaches yoga.
He is working with a company called Graphic India that makes cartoons.
The leader of Graphic India, Sharad Devrajan, is helping write the story, and he has worked on cartoon shows like Baahubali: Crown of Blood before.
We do not know yet when the movie will come out or who will do the voices.
Sadhguru, founder of the Isha Foundation, and entertainment company Graphic India have collaborated on an animated feature film titled 'Shiva: The Adiyogi.'
The film traces Shiva's origin as the first yogi, or Adiyogi, whom yogic culture views not as a god but as the Adi Guru.
The story revolves around the making of Mount Kailash and how Shiva imparts 112 methods for transcending physical existence to seven seekers.
Sharad Devrajan, CEO and Co-founder of Graphic India, is the film's co-writer and previously worked on the Baahubali animated series and created Pavitra Prabhakar.
The release date, voice cast, and animation team for the film have yet to be announced.
- Who
- Sadhguru, founder of the Isha Foundation, and entertainment company Graphic India, with co-writer Sharad Devrajan.
- What
- A collaboration on an animated feature film, 'Shiva: The Adiyogi,' tracing Shiva's origin as the first yogi and his imparting of 112 methods to seven seekers.
- When
- Release date, voice cast, and animation team are yet to be announced.
- Where
- The story is set around the making of Mount Kailash; the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore houses the 112-foot Adiyogi statue associated with the project.
- Why
- To bring the story of the Adiyogi to screen, showing how Shiva introduced the idea that the laws of nature are not a permanent restriction and how wisdom came into being.
- Film Title
- Shiva: The Adiyogi
- Format
- Animated feature film
- Collaborators
- Sadhguru (Isha Foundation) and Graphic India
- Co-Writer
- Sharad Devrajan, CEO and Co-founder of Graphic India
- Story Focus
- Shiva's origin as the first yogi and the making of Mount Kailash
- Teachings Portrayed
- 112 methods for transcending physical existence imparted to seven seekers
- Related Project
- Adiyogi Divya Darshanam projection mapping show on the 112-foot Adiyogi statue, unveiled in 2017 at Isha Yoga Center
- Release Date
- Yet to be announced