Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital here after suffering “life-threatening” bleeding in the skull and is now recovering well.

“The surgery was carried out on March 17 to remove bleeding in the skull. Sadhguru was weaned off the ventilator post-surgery,” a statement from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital said, adding he has shown “steady progress” and his “vital parameters have improved”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, who has undergone a brain surgery, and wished him a speedy recovery. Spiritual leader Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital in the national capital after suffering “life-threatening” bleeding in the skull and is now recovering well. “Spoke to @SadhguruJV Ji and wished him good health and a speedy recovery,” Modi said in a post on X.

Sadhguru also posted a video on his Instagram page from his hospital bed. “The Apollo hospital neurosurgeons cut through my skull to try and find something, but found nothing — totally empty. So they gave up and patched it up. Here I am in Delhi with the patched-up skull but a damaged brain,” he said in a lighter vein.

Several celebrities posted messages on social media wishing him a speedy recovery.

The 66-year-old spiritual guru is the founder of the Isha Foundation and has launched campaigns like ‘Save Soil’ and ‘Rally for Rivers’ for environment conservation.

Vinit Suri, the hospital’s senior consultant neurologist who led the team of doctors that attended to Sadhguru, said he had faced a “life-threatening situation”.

“He has actually done extremely well, much beyond our expectation... He is now extremely well, he is back to his normal self... All his brain, body vital parameters are normal,” Suri said.

He had been suffering from severe headaches for the last four weeks. Despite the severity of the pain, he continued with his normal daily schedule and social activities and even conducted the Maha Shivaratri function on March 8, the hospital statement said.