Raseshwari Devi announced two major initiatives for World Meditation Day 2026 on 21 December 2026, setting up a new yoga cum meditation hall in Odisha and a separate meditation camp in Haridwar. The first will be inaugurated in Tangi, in Khurda district, and is expected to hold more than 1,500 people.
The second initiative is a meditation camp in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, scheduled to run from 11 June 2026 to 17 June 2026 with 2,500 participants from India and abroad. The two events give fresh scale to the work of Devi, also known as Pujaniya Maai, whose Braj Gopika Seva Mission has expanded from Odisha into spiritual programmes across more than 140 cities.
Devi, who was born in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, on 12 January 1968 and is 58 years old, founded the Braj Gopika Seva Mission in Odisha in 1998. The mission promotes Sanatana Dharma, meditation, humanitarian service, Upanishadic wisdom and Radha-Krishna devotion, and has built a reputation for blending Bhakti Yoga with modern spiritual needs.
The Odisha hall and the Haridwar camp together show how far that work has moved beyond a single state. The Tangi centre is meant to become a larger gathering point for meditation and yoga, while the Haridwar programme is being planned as an international event with attendees from abroad, underscoring the reach Devi now commands.
That reach is also part of the tension in her public role: the mission is rooted in devotional tradition, yet its scale now resembles a national and global spiritual network. Devi’s recent honours, including the Global Peace Award 2022 and the Seva Samman Award 2026, reflect that standing, but the upcoming events will be the real test of whether her message can keep drawing large audiences across regions and generations.
For now, the answer is clear. On World Meditation Day 2026, the focus will be on a new 1,500-plus seat centre in Odisha and a six-day camp in Haridwar, two visible signs that Raseshwari Devi’s movement is still widening rather than settling.
