South Asia
75 group profiles operating in South Asia. All scores are BITE-derived from publicly available sources.
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- Dera Sacha Sauda / Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (CLCI 35/40, Hindu)
- Dera Sacha Sauda (Gurmeet Ram Rahim) (CLCI 33/40, Sikh)
- Asaram Bapu organisation (CLCI 32/40, Hindu)
- Rampal (Satlok Ashram, India) (CLCI 31/40, Hindu)
- Sathya Sai Baba ashram residential schools (Puttaparthi) (CLCI 31/40, Hindu)
- Rajneesh / Osho Movement (CLCI 30/40, New Religious Movement)
- The Message of the Hour / William Branham / Voice of God Recordings (CLCI 28/40, Christian)
- Sahaja Yoga (Nirmala Srivastava) (CLCI 26/40, Hindu)
- Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) (CLCI 26/40, Islam)
- ISKCON (Hare Krishna) (CLCI 25/40, Hindu)
- Brahma Kumaris (BKWSU) (CLCI 25/40, Hindu)
- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) (CLCI 25/40, Political / Ideological)
- Sathya Sai Baba movement (CLCI 25/40, Hindu)
- Ram Bahadur Bomjon / Bodhi Shrawan Dharma Sangha (CLCI 25/40, Buddhist)
- Sathya Sai Baba organisation (CLCI 24/40, Hindu)
- Bikram Yoga (Bikram Choudhury) (CLCI 24/40, Wellness / Multi-Level)
- Osho International Foundation (post-Rajneesh) (CLCI 24/40, New Religious Movement)
- Siddha Yoga (Muktananda / Chidvilasananda) (CLCI 24/40, Hindu)
- QNet (CLCI 24/40, Wellness / Multi-Level)
- Oneness University (Sri Bhagavan / Sri Amma) (CLCI 23/40, Wellness / Multi-Level)
- Ananda Marga (P.R. Sarkar) (CLCI 23/40, Hindu)
- Sahaja Yoga successor organisations / Vishwa Nirmala Dharma (post-Nirmala Srivastava) (CLCI 23/40, Hindu)
- Sahaja Yoga (Nirmala Srivastava / Shri Mataji) (CLCI 23/40, Hindu)
- Isha Foundation / Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (CLCI 23/40, Hindu)
- Divine Light Mission / Elan Vital / Words of Peace Global / Prem Rawat (CLCI 23/40, New Religious Movement)
- Various Indian 'godmen' / guru figures (umbrella) (CLCI 23/40, Hindu)
- Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) (CLCI 21/40, Political / Ideological)
- Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) / Jayant Athavale (CLCI 21/40, Hindu)
- Art of Living Foundation / Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (CLCI 21/40, Hindu)
- Bodu Bala Sena (Sri Lanka Buddhist nationalist) (CLCI 21/40, Buddhist)
- Bhole Baba (Narayan Saakar Hari) satsang (CLCI 20/40, Hindu)
- Indian online spirituality influencer cults 2025 (umbrella) (CLCI 19/40, Hindu)
- Radhe Maa (Sukhvinder Kaur) (CLCI 19/40, Hindu)
- Various Bangladeshi pir / fakir high-control groups (umbrella) (CLCI 19/40, Islam)
- Dawoodi Bohra (Mustaali Ismaili) (CLCI 17/40, Islam)
- Swaminarayan BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha) (CLCI 17/40, Hindu)
- Isha Foundation (Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev) (CLCI 16/40, Hindu)
- Mata Amritanandamayi Math (Amma) (CLCI 16/40, Hindu)
- Sri Karunamayi (Indian guru, hugging-style ministry) (CLCI 16/40, Hindu)
- OnPassive / GoFounders (CLCI 16/40, Wellness / Multi-Level)
- Art of Living Foundation (Sri Sri Ravi Shankar) (CLCI 15/40, Hindu)
- Swadhyay Parivar (Pandurang Shastri Athavale) (CLCI 15/40, Hindu)
- Shri Ram Chandra Mission / Heartfulness (Sahaj Marg) (CLCI 15/40, Hindu)
- Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB) (CLCI 15/40, Hindu)
- S.N. Goenka Vipassana Movement (10-day retreats) (CLCI 15/40, Buddhist)
- Sant Nirankari Mission (Indian, mainstream) (CLCI 15/40, Sikh)
- Self-Realization Fellowship (Paramahansa Yogananda) (CLCI 14/40, Hindu)
- Dera Sant Sarwan Dass / Dera Ballan (Ravidassi) (CLCI 14/40, Hindu)
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (CLCI 13/40, Islam)
- Theosophical Society (Blavatsky lineage) (CLCI 13/40, New Religious Movement)
- Namdhari Sikh tradition (Kuka) (CLCI 13/40, Sikh)
- Auroville (Indian intentional community, mainstream) (CLCI 12/40, New Religious Movement)
- Nihang warrior Sikh tradition (mainstream) (CLCI 11/40, Sikh)
- Tibetan Buddhism (mainstream) (CLCI 10/40, Buddhist)
- Digambara Jain mainstream (CLCI 10/40, Jain)
- Zoroastrian Parsis (India) (CLCI 10/40, Other)
- Udasi Sikh tradition (mainstream) (CLCI 9/40, Sikh)
- Sthanakvasi Jain (anti-idol reform) (CLCI 9/40, Jain)
- Various Jain spinoff communities (umbrella) (CLCI 9/40, Jain)
- Theravada Buddhism (mainstream) (CLCI 6/40, Buddhist)
- Mainstream Sikhism (CLCI 6/40, Sikh)
- Shaktism (mainstream Goddess tradition) (CLCI 6/40, Hindu)
- Ravidassia tradition (mainstream) (CLCI 6/40, Sikh)
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (Kerala) (CLCI 6/40, Christian)
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Kerala) (CLCI 6/40, Christian)
- Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Kerala) (CLCI 6/40, Christian)
- Mainstream Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) (CLCI 5/40, Hindu)
- Mainstream Jainism (CLCI 5/40, Jain)
- Vaishnavism (mainstream) (CLCI 5/40, Hindu)
- Shaivism (mainstream) (CLCI 5/40, Hindu)
- Smarta tradition (mainstream) (CLCI 5/40, Hindu)
- Ramana Maharshi tradition (mainstream) (CLCI 5/40, Hindu)
- Svetambara Jain mainstream (CLCI 5/40, Jain)
- Krishnamurti Foundations (mainstream) (CLCI 4/40, Hindu)
- Vipassana Trust prison programmes (mainstream) (CLCI 4/40, Buddhist)
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